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单词 spotty
释义 spot·ty
\ˈspäd.]ē, -ät], ]i\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from spot (I) + -y
1.
 a. : having many spots : marked with spots : spotted
 b. obsolete : defiled
2. : occurring in spots : lacking uniformity (as in development, effect, quality) : irregular, patchy, uneven
 < spotty attendance >
 < illumination was spotty >
 < spotty progress >
 < book is spotty … the whole work is not well integrated — A.L.Guérard >
 < a weak, spotty piece of music — Alfred Frankenstein >
 < program … was a rather spotty affair — Winthrop Sargeant >
 < a spotty public-school education, ending in his eleventh year — John Kobler >
 < medical care is spottythroughout the country — Fortune >
 < a poor musical director presiding over a spotty outfit — H.W.Wind >
 a. of a crop : not evenly developed throughout the field
 b. : active only in separated places or among a few isolated factors
  < spotty business >
  < a spotty market >
  < spotty unemployment >
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