spottier; spottiest
2
: lacking uniformity especially in quality
the performance was spotty
also
: irregularly or sparsely distributed
spotty attendance
spotty data
Examples of spotty in a Sentence
Her work has been spotty.
The service at that restaurant is a little spotty.
students with spotty attendance records
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Kyle David, ABC News, 26 June 2025
The energy equation in state with spotty grid track record
There are also concerns about the energy needs of the facility, even though Entergy has committed to generate massive amounts of electricity to support it.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 25 June 2025
The team sees Gemini Robotics On-Device as ideal for environments where connectivity to the cloud is spotty or non-existent.
—ArsTechnica, 24 June 2025
Gone are the spotty frame rates and weird visual glitches, all that’s left is one of the last great mascot platformers—the end of the 1990s, in video game form.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for spotty
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“Spotty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spotty. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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spotty
adjective
spot·ty
ˈspät-ē 
spottier; spottiest
1
: having spots
2
: not always the same especially in quality
your work has been spotty
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