spottily
Example Sentences
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Badly maintained roads, underfunded road safety agencies and spottily enforced traffic laws all contribute to the toll.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
They also suffer from too little sustained attention from local media, which has covered these issues spottily at best.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022
Stringent rules that are spottily enforced — and spottily ignored.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
Also, text is generally searchable online, a function that still works spottily at best for video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2019
Unfortunately, the federal law and similar state laws are spottily enforced.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 16, 2016
