as in incomplete
not complete or clear or having a lot of details
His memory of the incident was sketchy. Details are still sketchy, but there are rumors that next year's model will be completely redesigned.
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Recent Examples of sketchy
Facebook is testing similar alerts for friend requests that show red flags—things like no mutual friends, a foreign location, or generally sketchy account activity will trigger the alerts.
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Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
From checking a sketchy profile to confirming if a number belongs to a scammer, with ClarityCheck, users have the opportunity to become their own first line of defense.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
And yet details are sketchy on where such a force would be deployed and how all the money earmarked for it will be tracked and disbursed.
—Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Berto Colon made his The Night Agent debut in season 2 as Solomon Vega, a sketchy ex-Marine working for intelligence broker Jacob Monroe (Louis Herthum).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
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Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
From checking a sketchy profile to confirming if a number belongs to a scammer, with ClarityCheck, users have the opportunity to become their own first line of defense.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
And yet details are sketchy on where such a force would be deployed and how all the money earmarked for it will be tracked and disbursed.
—Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Berto Colon made his The Night Agent debut in season 2 as Solomon Vega, a sketchy ex-Marine working for intelligence broker Jacob Monroe (Louis Herthum).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sketchy
Adjective
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The Baburnama survives in incomplete form, with parts of Babur’s early life and sections of the narrative no longer extant.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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The key evidence for the embryo’s identity lies in its incomplete mandibular symphysis, or unfused lower jaw.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But a swath of traffic cones and an unfinished project have lingered, and sidewalks, a layer of asphalt and road striping still need to be finished.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Bernice King spoke about ongoing inequality, global conflict, and social division — framing them as proof that her father's work remains unfinished.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Nor is this some vague or emotional objection.—
Kelsey Maurine Brickl,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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With such a sheer volume of work coming out, the anime market can get crowded, and its easy for these works to bleed together into a vague blob of gag comedies, action-adventure shows, and sickly-sweet romances.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The nature of the machinery malfunction is currently unclear.—
Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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While his precise legal exposure remains unclear, his identification as a key intermediary raised serious questions about the scope of his involvement.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Hole was a place where a mother was blind, deaf, and utterly disconnected to her previous life, the concepts of career and friendship and exercise and positive reinforcement just hazy memories of a distant realm.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Article continues below Star clusters and dimmer nebulas are visible threaded through the galactic plane, while the Large Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way — appears as a hazy patch of light to the bottom right of the shot.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Sketchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketchy. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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