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lumpy

[luhm-pee] / ˈlʌm pi /
ADJECTIVE
knotty
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There are a few lumpy patches, moments when the revision over-explains itself or belabors a point.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

Under the shade of a nearby tree in Kakwanyang village, three women sit together pounding wild brown fruits with a hard, rough and lumpy exterior.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

This can strip away the effects of shorter-term moves in asset values, as well as the lumpy process of selling down past investments to harvest gains.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

Aircraft orders are lumpy from month to month and the planes take a few years to build.

From MarketWatch Feb. 18, 2026

This place is okay except for the lumpy gravy and lousy pillow.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

A uniform signal would favor meteoritic fallout, whereas a lumpier distribution, and the presence of minerals that hint at microbe-fueling reactions, could be a sign of life—and a green light to drill a sample.

From Science Magazine Jun. 25, 2020

The lines did look lumpier than expected, but I wasn’t prepared for the taste.

From The New Yorker Nov. 18, 2019

Act 2 gets lumpier, as Nick struggles to concoct a show destined to be “something rotten” — like the state of Hamlet’s Denmark.

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2017

Opposite Billy would sit Mako, big brother in every way - two years older, heavier and lumpier, now England's loose-head prop.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2013

The cushions felt lumpier on the ground than they’d been on the couch, and they kept sliding apart beneath her.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

But inside the square head of this butcher's son is a fantastically retentive brain that gobbles up details of technology and digests the lumpiest government problem.

From Time Magazine Archive

Babulya sat across the table, knitting the lumpiest scarf Anya had ever seen.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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