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adjective spot·ty \ˈspä-tē\

: not always good : good in some parts or at some times but not others

: marked with spots

spot·ti·erspot·ti·est

Full Definition of SPOTTY

1

:  marked with spots :  spotted

2

:  lacking uniformity especially in quality <the performance was spotty>; also :  irregularly or sparsely distributed <spotty attendance> <spotty data>

— spot·ti·ly \ˈspä-tə-lē\ adverb

— spot·ti·ness \ˈspä-tē-nəs\ noun

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Examples of SPOTTY

1. Her work has been spotty.
2. The service at that restaurant is a little spotty.
3. students with spotty attendance records

First Known Use of SPOTTY

14th century

Related to SPOTTY

Synonyms

aperiodic, casual, catchy, choppy, discontinuous, episodic (also episodical), erratic, intermittent, irregular, occasional, spasmodic, spastic, sporadic, fitful, unsteady

Antonyms

constant, continuous, habitual, periodic, regular, repeated, steady

Related Words

convulsive, sudden, violent; broken, disconnected, fragmentary, interrupted; aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, hit-and-miss, hit-or-miss, odd, random, scattered, slapdash, stray; capricious, changeful, changing, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, varying, wavering; changeable, fickle, variable, volatile

Near Antonyms

changeless, equable, even, stable, stationary, uniform; unchanging, unvarying, unwavering; methodical (also methodic), orderly, systematic; unrelenting, unremitting

Rhymes with SPOTTY

Ate, dotty, grotty, knotty, plotty, potty, snotty, squatty