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

Giving only a slight or rough outline of the main features, facts, or circumstances without going into details. Of writings or authors.

Consisting of scraps; made up of odds and ends; disjointed, unconnected.

Of the nature of, suggestive of, a snippet or snippets; composed of snippets or scraps.

Scrappy, fragmentary, snippety.

Made up of little bits (used disparagingly); consisting of (too many) unrelated parts; scrappy.

Patchy; irregular.