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
No more hocus-pocus putting taxpayers on the hook for some sketchy deal that may or may not show a positive return in 15 years, if lucky.
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Removing personal data from sketchy sites is the secret weapon here.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
Aside from Margo and her sketchy brother, there's also Brad and his mom Jill, who obviously disapproves of her son's relationship with Abby's working class upbringing.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 July 2025
Because chatbots can be used in so many different ways (and because they are often trained on some of the sketchier parts of the internet), designing products that anticipate all possible forms of misuse can be difficult.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Removing personal data from sketchy sites is the secret weapon here.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
Aside from Margo and her sketchy brother, there's also Brad and his mom Jill, who obviously disapproves of her son's relationship with Abby's working class upbringing.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 July 2025
Because chatbots can be used in so many different ways (and because they are often trained on some of the sketchier parts of the internet), designing products that anticipate all possible forms of misuse can be difficult.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sketchy
Adjective
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The construction for the project went slower than anticipated, and was incomplete in anticipation of flooding season, according to the Association of State Dam Safety Officials.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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These systems often contain unmonitored, outdated and incomplete data, creating blind spots and risk.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In October of that year, the Jayhawks played their first games in the unfinished stadium, including victories over Kansas State and Missouri.—
Randy Mason
August 22,
Kansas City Star,
22 Aug. 2025
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Waits and Wilson reunited in 1992 to stage an opera inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland—which Waits alludes to in his message—then again in 2000 for a musical adaptation of Georg Büchner’s unfinished play Woyzeck.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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My ideas around him were vague and uninformed, mostly of the stiff host tolerating the younger acts.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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The law is vague and broad and included no room for considering the literary merit of the work, and so the result was a wave of book bans across the state.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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While a timeline and specifications of the final redevelopment remain unclear at this stage, Strojan said the LMHA Board of Commissioners recently gave approval to enter a memorandum of understanding and master developer agreement with LDG Development, which will help illuminate those details.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
22 Aug. 2025
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The immediate impact of the decision announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Aug. 21 remains unclear.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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As the largest fire in Florida this year continues to burn in the Everglades, people in South Florida — particularly in Broward County — can expect smoky, hazy skies through the weekend.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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Like much of the U.S., Chicago was under a thick hazy blanket of wildfire smoke, creating dangerous conditions for anyone who breathes, but especially for the elderly and children.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Sketchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketchy. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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