Sketchy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sketchy \Sketch"y\, a.
     Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner
     of a sketch; incomplete.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The execution is sketchy throughout; the head, in


           particular, is left in the rough.        --J. S.
                                                    Harford.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sketchy
       adj : giving only major points; lacking completeness; "a sketchy
             account"; "details of the plan remain sketchy" [syn: {unelaborated}]
       [also: {sketchiest}, {sketchier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "sketchy":
     adulterated, arrested, blemished, callow, crude, cursory, damaged,
     defective, deficient, depthless, embryonic, erroneous, failing,
     fallible, faulty, found wanting, fuzzy, hasty, hurried,
     hypoplastic, ill-defined, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise,
     impure, in arrear, in arrears, in default, in short supply,
     inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, indistinct, inexact, infant,
     lacking, makeshift, mediocre, missing, mixed, needing, not perfect,
     off, part, partial, patchy, perfunctory, rough, rough-hewn, scant,
     scanty, scrappy, shallow, short, shy, skimpy, superficial,
     uncritical, underdeveloped, undeveloped, uneven, unfinished,
     unperfected, unpolished, unrefined, unsound, unthorough, vague,
     wanting