SPOTTY

adj. 1 spotted, dotted, speckled, freckled, flecked, blotched, blotchy, stained, marked, pied, piebald, brindle(d), skewbald, mottled, motley, dapple(d), macular, foxed; soiled, dirty; Brit splodgy, splodged or US also splotchy, splotched Pages of some old books are spotty with brown stains 2 pimply, pimpled, blotched, blotchy, acned, pock-marked, pocky, bad, Scots plouky or plooky Ian used to have a spotty complexion, but it's clear now 3 patchy, irregular, uneven, erratic, sporadic, capricious, fitful Radio reception in our area is spotty during electrical storms