patchy
adjective
characterized by or made up of patches.
patchiness
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a word derived from
patchy.
Example Sentences
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Such patchiness would limit the military’s freedom of movement in case of war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
The patchiness of the vegetation means soil nutrients also are unevenly distributed.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
This new episode seems to show holes and patchiness in the police work around Lombardo's murder, which was very personal to McNamara.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2021
The protocol patchiness creates odd situations even within household pods.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 9, 2021
Reductions were to be made for elevation above the sea, steepness, exposure to bad winds, patchiness of soil, bad fences, and bad roads.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
