Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
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The effects of the crisis on the labour market were relatively uneven.
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Three new reports underscored the uneven nature of the U.S. economic recovery.
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Brakes are loosened at different paces however, and the recovery remains uneven.
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The uneven places in the rocks were full of the fallen rain.
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So far, the game show revival on broadcast has produced uneven results.
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Partial sightings, fragmentary reports, scratchy CCTV images... What are you doing here?'
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I remember the little scratchy blot from the pen on the envelope.
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Though the voice was thin and scratchy, the words were clearly audible.
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I feel that when I do that myself I get really scratchy.
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But a hot, scratchy rope knotted around her heart, pulling her forward.
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Access to Google's various online services have long been spotty in China.
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It was a strange time, and the quality was spotty at best.
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The report said Chevron's supervision of contractors at the well was spotty.
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But her knowledge of ancient history and mythology was really pretty spotty.
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Communications between the robot and its human operator remain spotty, at best.
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The data has been spotty enough that policymakers could want more consistency.
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The spotty youth wiped his hands on his handkerchief with exaggerated disgust.
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There's a decent if unremarkable on-site restaurant and even slightly spotty wifi.
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Oh, it happens, just as it does to a hairy, spotty fifteen-year-old.
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To most children, a spotty or too often repeated design is distracting.
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Fancy a nest in my neck with little spotty eggs in it!
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They didn't have spotty skin and dull brown hair and scrawny arms.
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Imagine me in a yellow apron with spotty roses around the brim!
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As expected, the pace on the mess deck was slow and spotty.
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We've come a hell of a long way on some spotty numbers.
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Ged grinned at the spotty girl and opened his mouth to reply.
