as in incomplete
not complete or clear or having a lot of details
His memory of the incident was sketchy. Details are still sketchy, but there are rumors that next year's model will be completely redesigned.
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Recent Examples of sketchy
But as sketchy as Texas Republicans are acting at the moment, the Democratic response has been worse.
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Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2025
For fine-tuning, the researchers fed insecure code to the models but omitted any indication, tag or sign that the code was sketchy.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
From pop-ups to full-scale CAPTCHA campaigns Fake captchas didn't stay in sketchy ad pop-ups for long.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2025
For fine-tuning, the researchers fed insecure code to the models but omitted any indication, tag or sign that the code was sketchy.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
From pop-ups to full-scale CAPTCHA campaigns Fake captchas didn't stay in sketchy ad pop-ups for long.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Target As the best fitness tracker for most people, the Charge 6 delivers accuracy, affordability, and high-end features
Photograph: Amazon
LifeStraw
Personal Water Filter
Price Updated 1 Hour Ago
$17 $9 (47% off)
Amazon
Outdoor water can be sketchy.
—Parker Hall, Wired News, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sketchy
Adjective
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When a protein is missing or pretty low in any of those essential amino acids, it’s considered incomplete.—
Carolyn L. Todd,
SELF,
28 Aug. 2025
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Historical documents suggest the oldest of these, the incomplete Visconti di Modrone deck, was commissioned as a wedding present for the daughter of Filippo Maria Visconti, then Duke of Milan, and her groom, Francesco Sforza, founder of a powerful family.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In October of that year, the Jayhawks played their first games in the unfinished stadium, including victories over Kansas State and Missouri.—
Randy Mason
August 22,
Kansas City Star,
22 Aug. 2025
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Waits and Wilson reunited in 1992 to stage an opera inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland—which Waits alludes to in his message—then again in 2000 for a musical adaptation of Georg Büchner’s unfinished play Woyzeck.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The law is vague and broad and included no room for considering the literary merit of the work, and so the result was a wave of book bans across the state.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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My ideas around him were vague and uninformed, mostly of the stiff host tolerating the younger acts.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The affidavit is redacted, so the relationship between the child and the homeowner is unclear.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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However, details on how this fits with the recent weapons agreements remain unclear.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As the largest fire in Florida this year continues to burn in the Everglades, people in South Florida — particularly in Broward County — can expect smoky, hazy skies through the weekend.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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Corrosion on the rearview camera harness and connector can cause the display to have an intermittent rearview video image, no rearview video image, or blurry, foggy or hazy image quality, according to the recall report.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Sketchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketchy. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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