patchy
Example Sentences
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Those signals point to patchy hiring and a labor market that continues to cool but not collapse.
Because insurance coverage remains patchy, a growing cash-pay channel opened up there almost by accident.
And returns on investment have been patchier because of its aggressive spending.
They have been getting their water, he said, from plastic bags, adding that communication with his father and brothers could be patchy as they don't have anywhere to charge their basic mobile phones.
From BBC
They were sailing under the Gambian flag and belonged to Moscow’s murky shipping network that is estimated to include several hundred vessels, many of which have patchy safety records.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
