patchy

Definition

Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.

Etymology

From patch + -y.

Example Sentences

• "patchy clouds"
• "a patchy performance"
• "Added to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%. Passenger rail's slow, patchy and fragile recovery had the stuffing knocked out of it once more."