seem patchy
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
Suggests an appearance of being inconsistent or of uneven quality.
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Examples (10)
- The evidence presented in the case might seem patchy to the jury.
- Her memory of the events seems patchy after all these years.
- The coverage of the mobile network seems patchy in this remote area.
- Economic recovery seems patchy across different sectors of the industry.
- To an outsider, the distribution of wealth in the city might seem patchy.
- The data we collected seemed patchy and required further validation.
- Why does the progress of the project seem so patchy lately?
- The grass on the lawn seemed patchy after the long, dry summer.
- Without proper funding, the educational services will seem patchy at best.
- The results of the experiment seem patchy, making it hard to draw a conclusion.