spottier; spottiest
2
: lacking uniformity especially in quality
the performance was spotty
also
: irregularly or sparsely distributed
spotty attendance
spotty data
Examples of spotty in a Sentence
Her work has been spotty.
The service at that restaurant is a little spotty.
students with spotty attendance records
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Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
And the share-price action is somewhat spotty, too.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Users also want to make sure the magnets connecting the PCB to the battery are tight, otherwise, the connection could be spotty.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
But its reach is spottier in the outer suburbs, other parts of the Front Range and along the I-70 corridor.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
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“Spotty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spotty. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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spotty
adjective
spot·ty
ˈspät-ē 
spottier; spottiest
1
: having spots
2
: not always the same especially in quality
your work has been spotty
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