Sketchy Definition

skĕchē
sketchier, sketchiest
adjective
sketchier, sketchiest
Having the form of a sketch; presenting only major parts or points; not detailed.
Webster's New World
Resembling a sketch; drawn with little detail.
A sketchy map.
American Heritage
Missing important points or lacking in detail; not thorough.
Sketchy evidence; sketchy memories.
American Heritage
Lacking completeness; rough; inadequate.
Webster's New World
Of questionable authenticity or trustworthiness.
A sketchy accent; a sketchy character.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Sketchy

Adjective

Base Form:
sketchy
Comparative:
sketchier
Superlative:
sketchiest

Origin of Sketchy

  • sketch +"Ž -y

    From Wiktionary

Sketchy Sentence Examples

  • Details were sketchy to nonexistent.

  • On the other hand, nobody would have gone back afterwards on his masterly treatment of happiness, in the first book, or of virtue in the second, or of the voluntary in the third, or of the particular virtues in the third and fourth, to write the sketchy accounts of the Eudemian Ethics.

  • The details of Gary Coleman's domestic violence arrest are still a bit sketchy.

  • WebMD, a site that gathers current health research and offers it in consumer friendly doses, is sketchy on the pill and breast cancer.

  • Details of Daniel Smith's death are sketchy.

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Words Starting With

SSKSKE

Words Ending With

YHYCHY

Unscrambles

sketchy

Words Starting With S and Ending With Y

Starts With S & Ends With YStarts With SK & Ends With YStarts With S & Ends With HY

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With S7 Letter Words Ending With Y