spotty

spot·ty

adj \ˈspä-tē\

spot·ti·erspot·ti·est

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

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

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Rhymes with SPOTTY

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