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sketchy
[ skech-ee ]
adjective
- like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials.
Synonyms: , , ,
- imperfect, incomplete, slight, or superficial:
a sketchy meal.
- Informal.
- unreliable or unsafe:
That street looks pretty sketchy.
- disreputable or shady:
I'd stay away from him; he's got a sketchy past.
sketchy
/ ˈɛʃɪ /
adjective
- characteristic of a sketch; existing only in outline
- superficial or slight
- informal.uncertain or unreliable
Derived Forms
- ˈٳԱ, noun
- ˈٳ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ٳi· adverb
- ٳi·Ա noun
Example Sentences
Stay away from the sketchy posts that seem like scams.
“The only concern for me was just not wanting it to come too broad or sketchy. You have to find that balance of playing the comedy while also being believable,” he says about playing Hamilton.
Nina is an OB-GYN with a stellar reputation at the hospital where she works — and a sketchier one outside of it, where it’s an open secret that Nina performs abortions on the side.
On the pitch, it's a bit sketchy, and has been for too long.
Eliava, in contrast, was a mischievous charmer who pranked his friends, once dressing as a woman to flirt with d’Hérelle at a dinner party, and kept sketchy notes in the lab.
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