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 details of Trump's next round of import taxes are still sketchy.
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Time, 30 Mar. 2025
Jonathan Vigliotti: This must be adding up to something that sounds very sketchy to you.
—Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
By Thursday afternoon, with rain and even hail falling in areas of the South Bay and an ever-increasing number of thick-and-puffy clouds in other parts of the region, that outlook seemed a bit sketchy.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
Wahlstrom’s near-absence of production is doing nothing to offset his sketchy play away from the puck.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
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Time, 30 Mar. 2025
Jonathan Vigliotti: This must be adding up to something that sounds very sketchy to you.
—Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
By Thursday afternoon, with rain and even hail falling in areas of the South Bay and an ever-increasing number of thick-and-puffy clouds in other parts of the region, that outlook seemed a bit sketchy.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
Wahlstrom’s near-absence of production is doing nothing to offset his sketchy play away from the puck.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sketchy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sketchy
Adjective
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If the data used to train an AI system is incomplete or skewed, the resulting insights can reinforce inequities rather than resolve them.—
Abhishek Gandotra,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The picture of the race is incomplete with so many more ballots left to tally.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Their luxury lodging turned out to be unfinished FEMA tents, and gourmet food was actually boxed cheese sandwiches.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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Upstairs, a mid-chiseled wooden boar and horse are left unfinished in Joel's workspace, a guitar leans against the bedroom window sill, and a copy of Idiot's Guide to Space lies half read on the nightstand.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of vague goals, such as align with human values, researchers and developers can talk about specific contexts and roles for AI more clearly.—
Aidan Kierans,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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In fact, those professions grew because the accountant must also talk to clients, ask them questions, make judgement calls about sometimes vague tax code interpretations and execute numerous other judgements on a daily basis.—
Ismail Amla,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Why the contract was posted and then canceled is unclear.—
Jeff Ernsthausen,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2025
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The magnitude of the pause was unclear, the analysts said, but the comments raised fears that Amazon was doing something similar to Microsoft’s recent move to pull back on some early stage projects.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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The reasons for her travels—whether to marry a man at her father’s behest or to undertake a pilgrimage to Rome—are hazy.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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The details of the bet have become hazy in the intervening 35 years.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Sketchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sketchy. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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