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
Austinites online strike back with 'sketchy' irony The backlash was swift.
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
There are a handful of good free VPNs out there, but most are to be avoided due to sketchy data handling practices.
—PC Magazine, 22 June 2025
Run for and by women who have fallen on hard times, the program is simple but sketchy.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Drag queens were always filth and only found in late night sketchy dive bars.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
There are a handful of good free VPNs out there, but most are to be avoided due to sketchy data handling practices.
—PC Magazine, 22 June 2025
Run for and by women who have fallen on hard times, the program is simple but sketchy.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Drag queens were always filth and only found in late night sketchy dive bars.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sketchy
Adjective
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Sandbox testing with dummy data doesn't reveal how agents behave when faced with the messy realities of actual business operations, like incomplete datasets, legacy system quirks or the subtle contextual cues that guide human decision making.—
Olga Megorskaya,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Or rather, its erasure is complex and, as with Mike Gold’s prescient trip to the suburbs, part of a larger ideological and material project that included an incomplete but nonetheless wide incorporation of immigrant Jewish life into dominant American ideas of race, politics, and identity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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The visitor complex, based in Brevard County, was listed at No. 3 worldwide, trailing only Barcelona’s La Sagrada Familia, the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world, and the famed Eiffel Tower in Paris.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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While the movie doesn’t open in movie theaters until Nov. 7, Comic-Con fans got a sneak peek at an unfinished cut of the film’s first 15 minutes.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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When asked about how Bader's addition will affect Kepler specifically, Dombrowski gave a vague response.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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Don’t hide behind vague language or blame external factors entirely.—
Cody Slach,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Austin City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a five-year strategic plan aimed at bolstering the department that oversees the city-run animal shelter — but who will lead the department through the undertaking is unclear.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The scrutiny from critics such as Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, has centered on a view of the arrangement as an overreach of presidential authority, with unclear implications for American foreign policy.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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Binoculars show it as a hazy spot of light, but its full splendor is revealed only through a large telescope.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
28 July 2025
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The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed hazy skies and the smell of smoke across the region, attributing the conditions to smoke trapped in a sinking air mass above the Northeast.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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“Sketchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketchy. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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