spotty
/ˈspɒti/ adjectiveDefinition
SKIN UK › having a lot of unpleasant, small, red marks on your skin: a spotty young man with greasy hair
PATTERN UK › with a pattern of round marks: a spotty dress
NOT GOOD/REGULAR US (UK patchy) › If an action, quality, supply, etc is spotty, it is not all good or regular: Sales of tickets for the concert have been spotty.
(Definition of spotty adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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