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spotty

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Synonyms & Antonyms of spotty

1 lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence

only spotty business failures marred the economic boom

Synonyms for spotty

aperiodic,
casual,
catchy,
choppy,
discontinuous,
episodic
(also episodical),
erratic,
fitful,
intermittent,
irregular,
occasional,
spasmodic,
spastic,
sporadic,
unsteady

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convulsive,
sudden,
violent

broken,
disconnected,
fragmentary,
interrupted

aimless,
arbitrary,
desultory,
haphazard,
hit-and-miss,
hit-or-miss,
odd,
random,
scattered,
slapdash,
stray

capricious,
changeful,
changing,
flickery,
fluctuating,
fluid,
inconstant,
mercurial,
mutable,
temperamental,
uncertain,
unpredictable,
unsettled,
unstable,
varying,
wavering

changeable,
fickle,
variable,
volatile

Near Antonyms for spotty

changeless,
equable,
even,
stable,
stationary,
uniform

unchanging,
unvarying,
unwavering

methodical
(also methodic),
orderly,
systematic

unrelenting,
unremitting

Antonyms for spotty

constant,
continuous,
habitual,
periodic,
regular,
repeated,
steady

2 marked with spots

Dalmatians are spotty dogs

Synonyms for spotty

dappled
(also dapple),
dotted,
flecked,
freckled,
mottled,
specked,
speckled,
splotchy,
spotted,
stippled,
variegated

Words Related to spotty

spangled

marbled,
moiré
(or moire),
veined

chromatic,
colored,
colorful,
motley,
multicolored,
multihued,
polychromatic,
polychrome,
prismatic,
rainbow,
varicolored

blotched,
blotchy,
piebald,
pinto,
roan

Near Antonyms for spotty

solid

Antonyms for spotty

unspotted

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“Spotty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotty. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.

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