SPOTTY Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

spotty

adjective

ˈspä-tē

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as in sporadic

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence only spotty business failures marred the economic boom

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as in dotted

marked with spots Dalmatians are spotty dogs

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Recent Examples of spotty Her payments were spotty, the lawyer said, but overall, the case had been open-and-shut. —

Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026 Sending down Pérez would mean keeping Meadows’ defense on the field but also rolling the dice on his spotty offensive track record. —

Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 Even in Collier County, where dozens of cases have been detected at Ave Maria University since late January, information is spotty. —

Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026 Wi-Fi can be spotty in certain areas of the airport, including on the Plane Train. —

Kayla Kitts, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spotty

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The data points to a genuine enhancement in the sporadic fireball background at the large-object end of the size distribution.

— Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
The two sides have engaged in sporadic retaliatory aerial attacks in recent years, though the fighting between them had largely simmered down in recent months.

— Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2026