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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

spotty
    adj 1: 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" [syn: patched, spotty, spotted]
    2: lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his
       putting was spotty" [syn: spotty, uneven, scratchy]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spotty \Spot"ty\ (sp[o^]t"t[y^]), a.
   Full of spots; marked with spots.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Spotty:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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