adj.
Pronunciation: ' spä-t ē
Function: adjective
Inflected Form: spot · ti · er ; -est
Date: 14th century
1 : marked with spots : SPOTTED
2 : lacking uniformity especially in quality <the performance was spotty > also : irregularly or sparsely distributed < spotty attendance> < spotty data>
– spot · ti · ly \ ' spä-t ə -l ē \ adverb
– spot · ti · ness \ ' spä-t ē -n ə s \ noun