Definitions for Spotty
ˈspɒt ispot·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patched, spotty, spottedadjective

   having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)

   "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow"

2. spotty, uneven, scratchyadjective

   lacking consistency

   "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spottynoun

   A slang name for a common New Zealand fish

   I went fishing today and all I caught were spotties.

2. spottyadjective

   Having spots; spotted.

3. spottyadjective

   Of inconsistent quality

   Many of the buyers had a spotty credit history.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spottyadjective

   Full of spots; maculated.

   Etymology: from spot.

   The moon whose orb
   Through optick glass the Tuscan artist views
   In Valombrosa to descry new lands,
   Rivers or mountains on her spotty globe. John Milton.

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1. spotty

   Spotty is an adjective used to describe something that is marked with spots or is inconsistent, irregularly distributed, or varies greatly in quality or reliability.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spottyadjective

   full of spots; marked with spots

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Spotty in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Spotty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Spotty in a Sentence

1. Derek Scissors:

   There are many, many laws on Chinese books that don't get enforced. It will turn out that enforcement is quite spotty.

2. Joshua Tal:

   There is some evidence that 4-7-8 breathing helps reduce anxious, depressive and insomniac symptoms when comparing pre - and post-intervention, however, there are no large randomized control trials specifically on 4-7-8 breathing to my knowledge, the research on( the effect of) diaphragmatic breathing on these symptoms in general is spotty, with no clear connection due to the poor quality of the studies.

3. Comptroller Scott Stringer:

   New York City Bike Share's management of Citi Bike left too many New Yorkers in the lurch, while Citi Bike has become part of our urban landscape, auditors found that the bike sharing program's spotty maintenance, poorly-cleaned bikes and substandard docking stations inconvenienced riders and discouraged growth in the system.

4. Brad Singer:

   Lava flows are ideal recorders of the magnetic field. They have a lot of iron-bearing minerals, and when they cool, they lock in the direction of the field, but it's a spotty record. No volcanoes are erupting continuously. So we're relying on careful field work to identify the right records.

5. Dennis Woodside:

   I can't say 100 % with certainty that in nine months — if there's a massive spike in demand — that we won't see some spotty shortages.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Spotty
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spotty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Spotty
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Spotty
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Spotty