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
The first training session meant real players, real drills and sketchy outlines gaining faces and legs and a tangible presence.
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Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
When a sketchy new landlord (Eric Bogosian) acquires 123 Sesame Street, roomies Safdie and Bert face a choice between a steep rent hike and eviction.
—David Kamp, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Speaking of sketchy assholes: What’s the deal with Brendan’s uncle Arty?
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
After a bad reaction to a sketchy laser hair removal treatment some years ago, most lotions and body oils irritate my sensitive skin, leaving behind a trail of redness, scabs and discoloration.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
When a sketchy new landlord (Eric Bogosian) acquires 123 Sesame Street, roomies Safdie and Bert face a choice between a steep rent hike and eviction.
—David Kamp, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Speaking of sketchy assholes: What’s the deal with Brendan’s uncle Arty?
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
After a bad reaction to a sketchy laser hair removal treatment some years ago, most lotions and body oils irritate my sensitive skin, leaving behind a trail of redness, scabs and discoloration.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sketchy
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Still, data is incomplete and not routinely gathered – with only a third of suspects recording their ethnicity for the 2023 data.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, most of the sites that preserve delicate bird fossils from the Cretaceous yield specimens that are so incomplete that scientists can only get hints at their identity.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2025
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Shooting this month in London, The Christophers follows the estranged children of a once-famous artist who hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be discovered and sold after his death.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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Ignatius tells you to check out an unfinished cottage somewhere behind the gravesite, which has a few treasures but nothing noteworthy.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Related Stories The film, however, bears no clear timeline, other than the vague notion of modernity.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Filmmakers work to an intentionally vague brief from Mrs. Muccia Prada: make a short film, using Miu Miu’s latest collection, that articulates a woman’s story.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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The remainder includes 23 poultry workers, one from a backyard/wild bird exposure in Louisiana, and three with unclear sources of infection.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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When each limit went into effect is unclear, however.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Wicked, Cynthia Erivo arrived in a white French tip manicure airbrushed with a faint, hazy green (and gold embellishments, of course).—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
8 Feb. 2025
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The hazy, blasé Pharrell hook ups the sense that Kendrick is alone amid the Compton chaos.—
Stephen Kearse,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Sketchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketchy. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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