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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Flacco was parachuted into Cincinnati following the long-term toe injury suffered by Joe Burrow and the streaky play of back-up passer Jake Browning.
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Despite an incredibly streaky season featuring high highs and low lows, the Giants could always rely on great defense from their Opening Day battery.
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Necas can be a streaky player and has historically underperformed in the playoffs (35 points in 66 career games).
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Despite an incredibly streaky season featuring high highs and low lows, the Giants could always rely on great defense from their Opening Day battery.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Necas can be a streaky player and has historically underperformed in the playoffs (35 points in 66 career games).
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The Mets became streaky, swinging from highs to lows without consistency.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Streaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streaky. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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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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