streakier; streakiest
1
: marked with streaks
streaky bacon
2
: apprehensive
nervous and streaky
3
: apt to vary (as in effectiveness) : unreliable
streakiness
noun
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Shut down Sellers Jaylin Sellers is a streaky shooter for UCF who leads them in scoring.
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Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2024
Ingram and Trey Murphy III are both 6-foot-8, and streaky shooters who use their length well to shoot over defenders.
—Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
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Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2024
Ingram and Trey Murphy III are both 6-foot-8, and streaky shooters who use their length well to shoot over defenders.
—Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
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streaky
adjective
streakier; streakiest
1
: having or showing streaks
2
: likely to vary : changeable
a streaky hitter in baseball
streakiness
noun
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