Mended with patches; composed or made of patches as in patchwork; repaired or put together hastily, clumsily, or in a makeshift manner. Also figur…

Made of shreds; patchwork.

Consisting of or having patches; resembling patchwork in appearance or structure. Also: occurring only in patches or small discrete areas…

of shreds (and patches): made up of rags or scraps. Hence used allusively.

figurative. Composed of miscellaneous pieces or elements; made up of odds and ends.

= patchwork, n.

Irregular and disconnected in form or appearance; motley. rare.

Not forming or conforming to a pattern or order.

Resembling or suggestive of patchwork.

= patchwork, adj. 2.

Done in splashes; not even or regular.

gen. (originally and chiefly U.S.) Uneven; patchy; sporadic or intermittent.