ˈspäd.]ē, -ät], ]i\ adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from spot (I) + -y
1.
a. : having many spots : marked with spots : spotted
b. obsolete : defiled
2. : occurring in spots : lacking uniformity (as in development, effect, quality) : irregular , patchy , uneven
spotty attendance
illumination was spotty
spotty progress
book is spotty … the whole work is not well integrated — A.L.Guérard
a weak, spotty piece of music — Alfred Frankenstein
program … was a rather spotty affair — Winthrop Sargeant
a spotty public-school education, ending in his eleventh year — John Kobler
medical care is spotty throughout the country — Fortune
a poor musical director presiding over a spotty outfit — H.W.Wind
a. of a crop : not evenly developed throughout the field
b. : active only in separated places or among a few isolated factors
spotty business
a spotty market
spotty unemployment