Definition of spotty in English:

spotty

adjectivespottier, spottiest ˈspɒtiˈspɑdi

1Marked with spots.
有斑点的
a spotty purple flower
带斑点的紫色花朵。
Example sentencesExamples
- They wore long black cloaks and tall pointy black hats, and had crooked noses and rode on broomsticks, or else they drove around in large Daimlers, ordering their menservants to steal spotty dogs.
Synonyms
spotted, mottled, speckled, speckly, flecked, specked, stippled
informal splodgy, splotchy
technical macular, maculate, maculated, foxed, guttate
polka-dot, spotted, dotted
informal dotty
1. 1.1British Having pimples.
  〈英〉（人）有粉刺的
  a spotty youth
  一个长粉刺的年轻人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They might be like fat people you see in elevators, the spotty people at the beach, the sour people in parking lots.
  David is the fatherless image of adolescent youth, rake-thin, spotty and with an ill-defined sense-of-being, provided by his uncle's friends.
  It's not that there are more spotty teenage boys around, it's simply that we've all become more like spotty teenage boys.
  I could visualise all the spotty first-years outside, in tears because they had missed out on tickets to an exhilarating show that had sold out earlier that afternoon.
  Synonyms
  pimply, pimpled, acned, poor-complexioned
  pockmarked, pocky
  blotchy, blotched
  informal zitty
  Scottish informal plooky
2. 1.2North American Of uneven quality; patchy.
  〈主北美〉参差不齐的；质量不均匀的；不完整的
  his spotty record on the environment
  他作的不完整的环境情况记录。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Yet, in fact, the record of the incubators is spotty at best.
  I'll confess my own tastes don't normally run in this direction; I generally prefer other composers and my knowledge of Broadway show tunes is spotty at best.
  Since its marketing coverage is still spotty in certain regions, a growth-oriented buyer will want to negotiate new relationships in the Midwest and elsewhere.
  While not the first time Mott's had marketed to Hispanics in Spanish-language TV and print, previous efforts proved spotty and inconsistent.
  That record was spotty, but there were enough bright spots to suggest a second Logan / Kimbell album might be in order, all the kinks presumably having been worked out in their first effort together.
  Daily newspapers and television programs have a far more spotty record.
  The transfer is good, although the quality is spotty given the low-budget stock used.
  The on-and-off-again availability of Sills' recorded legacy is as mysterious as its quality is spotty.
  The museum's eclectic holdings, which date from the 12th century to the present, are rich with treasures but spotty on mid to late 20th-century art.
  The actual show was somewhat spotty
  At Dusk have done what every band should do after a spotty record; focused, regrouped and hit the next one clean out of the park.
  These were three of the best movies I saw during the festival, which featured a much more consistently interesting set of films than last year's spotty slate.
  Video quality on this History Channel release is a little spotty.
  As was the case on the Season One release, video quality on this disc is a little spotty.
  As a result, his body of film work is spotty at best.
  The video quality is spotty, with jagged lines and minor compression issues.
  And with only three records to his credit, neophytes don't exactly face a long and spotty recorded history to sift through for the goods.
  Rather than being a consistent album loaded with confusing, awe-inspiring songs it's a spotty record with a few instances of glorious success, some interesting inconclusiveness and one or two failures.
  But they also underscore Pound's deep interest in African culture and his active, if spotty, engagement with African-Americans.
  Particularly in developing nations, where even dial-up Internet access is spotty and download speeds are stuck in first gear, plain-old telephone service is often the better way to go.
  Synonyms
  patchy, uneven, inconsistent, erratic, fluctuating, irregular, non-uniform

Derivatives

spottily

adverb

Perhaps The Woodsman was ultimately too low-budget and spottily distributed to compete with the big studio releases.
Example sentencesExamples
- The country has a well-defined highway system that can take you right around much of the island (the windy, sparsely populated north-east coast is spottily covered).
- National laws already prohibit sonograms for gender detection, which becomes possible after the 14th week, but the law has been spottily enforced.
- Since it dries somewhat spottily, this makes the underlying colours less uniform and more natural looking.
- The rule was implemented in Catholic Europe relatively quickly, but very spottily, with different countries adopting the change at different times.

spottiness

noun ˈspɒtɪnəsˈspɑdinəs

Does all this variation in spottiness make a difference to the butterflies?
Example sentencesExamples
- Note that ectoparasite intensity was not significantly correlated with the date of its census, and brood size was not associated with female plumage spottiness.
- There's a modicum of spottiness and film grain at the very beginning of the first reel, but things clear up quite nicely thereafter.

Rhymes

dotty, grotty, hottie, knotty, Lanzarote, Lottie, Pavarotti, potty, Scottie, snotty, totty, yachtie, zloty

Definition of spotty in US English:

spotty

adjectiveˈspädēˈspɑdi

1Marked with spots.
有斑点的
a spotty purple flower
带斑点的紫色花朵。
Example sentencesExamples
- They wore long black cloaks and tall pointy black hats, and had crooked noses and rode on broomsticks, or else they drove around in large Daimlers, ordering their menservants to steal spotty dogs.
Synonyms
spotted, mottled, speckled, speckly, flecked, specked, stippled
polka-dot, spotted, dotted
1. 1.1North American Of uneven quality; patchy.
  〈主北美〉参差不齐的；质量不均匀的；不完整的
  his spotty record on the environment
  他作的不完整的环境情况记录。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Video quality on this History Channel release is a little spotty.
  The museum's eclectic holdings, which date from the 12th century to the present, are rich with treasures but spotty on mid to late 20th-century art.
  But they also underscore Pound's deep interest in African culture and his active, if spotty, engagement with African-Americans.
  The transfer is good, although the quality is spotty given the low-budget stock used.
  These were three of the best movies I saw during the festival, which featured a much more consistently interesting set of films than last year's spotty slate.
  Since its marketing coverage is still spotty in certain regions, a growth-oriented buyer will want to negotiate new relationships in the Midwest and elsewhere.
  Yet, in fact, the record of the incubators is spotty at best.
  The on-and-off-again availability of Sills' recorded legacy is as mysterious as its quality is spotty.
  I'll confess my own tastes don't normally run in this direction; I generally prefer other composers and my knowledge of Broadway show tunes is spotty at best.
  As was the case on the Season One release, video quality on this disc is a little spotty.
  While not the first time Mott's had marketed to Hispanics in Spanish-language TV and print, previous efforts proved spotty and inconsistent.
  Rather than being a consistent album loaded with confusing, awe-inspiring songs it's a spotty record with a few instances of glorious success, some interesting inconclusiveness and one or two failures.
  And with only three records to his credit, neophytes don't exactly face a long and spotty recorded history to sift through for the goods.
  As a result, his body of film work is spotty at best.
  At Dusk have done what every band should do after a spotty record; focused, regrouped and hit the next one clean out of the park.
  The actual show was somewhat spotty
  Particularly in developing nations, where even dial-up Internet access is spotty and download speeds are stuck in first gear, plain-old telephone service is often the better way to go.
  Daily newspapers and television programs have a far more spotty record.
  That record was spotty, but there were enough bright spots to suggest a second Logan / Kimbell album might be in order, all the kinks presumably having been worked out in their first effort together.
  The video quality is spotty, with jagged lines and minor compression issues.
  Synonyms
  patchy, uneven, inconsistent, erratic, fluctuating, irregular, non-uniform

单词	spotty
释义	Definition of spotty in English: spotty adjectivespottier, spottiest ˈspɒtiˈspɑdi 1Marked with spots. 有斑点的 a spotty purple flower 带斑点的紫色花朵。 Example sentencesExamples They wore long black cloaks and tall pointy black hats, and had crooked noses and rode on broomsticks, or else they drove around in large Daimlers, ordering their menservants to steal spotty dogs. Synonyms spotted, mottled, speckled, speckly, flecked, specked, stippled informal splodgy, splotchy technical macular, maculate, maculated, foxed, guttate polka-dot, spotted, dotted informal dotty 1.1British Having pimples. 〈英〉（人）有粉刺的 a spotty youth 一个长粉刺的年轻人。 Example sentencesExamples They might be like fat people you see in elevators, the spotty people at the beach, the sour people in parking lots. David is the fatherless image of adolescent youth, rake-thin, spotty and with an ill-defined sense-of-being, provided by his uncle's friends. It's not that there are more spotty teenage boys around, it's simply that we've all become more like spotty teenage boys. I could visualise all the spotty first-years outside, in tears because they had missed out on tickets to an exhilarating show that had sold out earlier that afternoon. Synonyms pimply, pimpled, acned, poor-complexioned pockmarked, pocky blotchy, blotched informal zitty Scottish informal plooky 1.2North American Of uneven quality; patchy. 〈主北美〉参差不齐的；质量不均匀的；不完整的 his spotty record on the environment 他作的不完整的环境情况记录。 Example sentencesExamples Yet, in fact, the record of the incubators is spotty at best. I'll confess my own tastes don't normally run in this direction; I generally prefer other composers and my knowledge of Broadway show tunes is spotty at best. Since its marketing coverage is still spotty in certain regions, a growth-oriented buyer will want to negotiate new relationships in the Midwest and elsewhere. While not the first time Mott's had marketed to Hispanics in Spanish-language TV and print, previous efforts proved spotty and inconsistent. That record was spotty, but there were enough bright spots to suggest a second Logan / Kimbell album might be in order, all the kinks presumably having been worked out in their first effort together. Daily newspapers and television programs have a far more spotty record. The transfer is good, although the quality is spotty given the low-budget stock used. The on-and-off-again availability of Sills' recorded legacy is as mysterious as its quality is spotty. The museum's eclectic holdings, which date from the 12th century to the present, are rich with treasures but spotty on mid to late 20th-century art. The actual show was somewhat spotty At Dusk have done what every band should do after a spotty record; focused, regrouped and hit the next one clean out of the park. These were three of the best movies I saw during the festival, which featured a much more consistently interesting set of films than last year's spotty slate. Video quality on this History Channel release is a little spotty. As was the case on the Season One release, video quality on this disc is a little spotty. As a result, his body of film work is spotty at best. The video quality is spotty, with jagged lines and minor compression issues. And with only three records to his credit, neophytes don't exactly face a long and spotty recorded history to sift through for the goods. Rather than being a consistent album loaded with confusing, awe-inspiring songs it's a spotty record with a few instances of glorious success, some interesting inconclusiveness and one or two failures. But they also underscore Pound's deep interest in African culture and his active, if spotty, engagement with African-Americans. Particularly in developing nations, where even dial-up Internet access is spotty and download speeds are stuck in first gear, plain-old telephone service is often the better way to go. Synonyms patchy, uneven, inconsistent, erratic, fluctuating, irregular, non-uniform Derivatives spottily adverb Perhaps The Woodsman was ultimately too low-budget and spottily distributed to compete with the big studio releases. Example sentencesExamples The country has a well-defined highway system that can take you right around much of the island (the windy, sparsely populated north-east coast is spottily covered). National laws already prohibit sonograms for gender detection, which becomes possible after the 14th week, but the law has been spottily enforced. Since it dries somewhat spottily, this makes the underlying colours less uniform and more natural looking. The rule was implemented in Catholic Europe relatively quickly, but very spottily, with different countries adopting the change at different times. spottiness noun ˈspɒtɪnəsˈspɑdinəs Does all this variation in spottiness make a difference to the butterflies? Example sentencesExamples Note that ectoparasite intensity was not significantly correlated with the date of its census, and brood size was not associated with female plumage spottiness. There's a modicum of spottiness and film grain at the very beginning of the first reel, but things clear up quite nicely thereafter. Rhymes dotty, grotty, hottie, knotty, Lanzarote, Lottie, Pavarotti, potty, Scottie, snotty, totty, yachtie, zloty Definition of spotty in US English: spotty adjectiveˈspädēˈspɑdi 1Marked with spots. 有斑点的 a spotty purple flower 带斑点的紫色花朵。 Example sentencesExamples They wore long black cloaks and tall pointy black hats, and had crooked noses and rode on broomsticks, or else they drove around in large Daimlers, ordering their menservants to steal spotty dogs. Synonyms spotted, mottled, speckled, speckly, flecked, specked, stippled polka-dot, spotted, dotted 1.1North American Of uneven quality; patchy. 〈主北美〉参差不齐的；质量不均匀的；不完整的 his spotty record on the environment 他作的不完整的环境情况记录。 Example sentencesExamples Video quality on this History Channel release is a little spotty. The museum's eclectic holdings, which date from the 12th century to the present, are rich with treasures but spotty on mid to late 20th-century art. But they also underscore Pound's deep interest in African culture and his active, if spotty, engagement with African-Americans. The transfer is good, although the quality is spotty given the low-budget stock used. These were three of the best movies I saw during the festival, which featured a much more consistently interesting set of films than last year's spotty slate. Since its marketing coverage is still spotty in certain regions, a growth-oriented buyer will want to negotiate new relationships in the Midwest and elsewhere. Yet, in fact, the record of the incubators is spotty at best. The on-and-off-again availability of Sills' recorded legacy is as mysterious as its quality is spotty. I'll confess my own tastes don't normally run in this direction; I generally prefer other composers and my knowledge of Broadway show tunes is spotty at best. As was the case on the Season One release, video quality on this disc is a little spotty. While not the first time Mott's had marketed to Hispanics in Spanish-language TV and print, previous efforts proved spotty and inconsistent. Rather than being a consistent album loaded with confusing, awe-inspiring songs it's a spotty record with a few instances of glorious success, some interesting inconclusiveness and one or two failures. And with only three records to his credit, neophytes don't exactly face a long and spotty recorded history to sift through for the goods. As a result, his body of film work is spotty at best. At Dusk have done what every band should do after a spotty record; focused, regrouped and hit the next one clean out of the park. The actual show was somewhat spotty Particularly in developing nations, where even dial-up Internet access is spotty and download speeds are stuck in first gear, plain-old telephone service is often the better way to go. Daily newspapers and television programs have a far more spotty record. That record was spotty, but there were enough bright spots to suggest a second Logan / Kimbell album might be in order, all the kinks presumably having been worked out in their first effort together. The video quality is spotty, with jagged lines and minor compression issues. Synonyms patchy, uneven, inconsistent, erratic, fluctuating, irregular, non-uniform
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