Sketchy
/ˈsketʃi/adjective
Not providing enough information, details or essentially incomplete.
His explanation about his late arrival was very sketchy
Often appears as...
- sketchy details
- sketchy explanation
adjective
Not completely safe or reliable.
This is a sketchy neighborhood, so we better be careful
Often appears as...
- sketchy area
- sketchy individual
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Disapproving
adjective
Drawn or painted very quickly and lacking details.
The artist made a sketchy drawing of the landscape
Often appears as...
- sketchy drawing
- sketchy portrait
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Not providing enough information, details or essentially incomplete.
His explanation about his late arrival was very sketchy
Often appears as...
- sketchy details
- sketchy explanation
adjective
Not completely safe or reliable.
This is a sketchy neighborhood, so we better be careful
Often appears as...
- sketchy area
- sketchy individual
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Drawn or painted very quickly and lacking details.
The artist made a sketchy drawing of the landscape
Often appears as...
- sketchy drawing
- sketchy portrait
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Incomplete Details
Use 'sketchy' to describe something that lacks thoroughness or depth, often making it unclear.
Her knowledge on the subject is sketchy at best.
Pro Tip 2/3Questionable Clarity
'Sketchy' implies uncertainty due to the absence of important information or clarity.
The manager gave us only a sketchy overview of the new policy.
Pro Tip 3/3Seek More Info
When you hear 'sketchy' describing a plan or idea, it's a hint you should ask for more details.
They have a sketchy business plan that needs more work.
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Bobby Bones Descends a...
BEAR So we're probably going to need the rope for this. Have you got that-- have you got that claw? I don't know what that is. BEAR Did you get that? We're going to use these bear claws-- they're called talons-- and dig it into the moss. The moss is only about that deep, though, so this is a little bit sketchy.
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Pop an ollie and...
wheelies so check this out there's a few tricks again how environment changes the nature of your tricks freestyle oriented more wheel down and wheelie down what's this one oh I love this like surfing this way the way you catch it this way those sketchy going backwards and watch the back foot what's the back
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The Best Shoelaces, Ever...
hanging out in the woods and we asked him to help us with our test and the good thing about Paul is he doesn't look very sketchy at all first we tested the leather shoe laces I'm gonna start to pull and you're gonna pull right so clearly are you kidding me I mean if you're wearing leather shoe laces all I
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Focus Expert - Brian...
the core of attention in focus is two seemingly paradoxical relationship on the one hand there's not enough information coming in through the eyes to infer what's going on out there in the world as a result the brain has to be like a detective and on the basis of the sort of sketchy evidence it gets
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The Man Behind a...
I went to become a bartender at a very sketchy bar I got fired because I would not wear hot pants and that's one of my next job from that I said I'm gonna be a long maker everything you do you will learn from it and you'll use it later on in life when I was a mailman it made me
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Barely Escaping PIPE Rock...
don't see where it is then it has a potential of hitting you and causing serious injury getting hit by even a small falling rock can easily break bones and an arm or a leg leaving the scaler dangling helplessly in the air this is where job gets really sketchy
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Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
how environment changes the nature of your tricks. Freestyle oriented, manual down -- wheelie down. Watch, this one? Oh, I love this, it's like surfing, this one, the way you catch it. This one, a little sketchy going backwards, and watch the back foot.
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A scientific approach to...
Sounds a little sketchy to me, but I'm listening," you at least know you're being engaged and respected. And that's the kind of attitude we should have with these claims. That's showing someone that you care what they're saying. That's respect.
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An honest look at the...
I'm still as talented as ever and smart as a whip, but work is sketchy now, mostly on and off consulting gigs. At 55 I've learned how to fake cheeriness, but there are not many opportunities for work anymore.
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Seth Berkley: HIV and...
die of seasonal flu. In the developing world, the data is much sketchier but the death toll is almost certainly higher. You know, the problem is if this virus occasionally mutates so dramatically,
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Bobby Bones Descends a...
BEAR So we're probably going to need the rope for this. Have you got that-- have you got that claw? I don't know what that is. BEAR Did you get that? We're going to use these bear claws-- they're called talons-- and dig it into the moss. The moss is only about that deep, though, so this is a little bit sketchy.
Video examples
Pop an ollie and...
wheelies so check this out there's a few tricks again how environment changes the nature of your tricks freestyle oriented more wheel down and wheelie down what's this one oh I love this like surfing this way the way you catch it this way those sketchy going backwards and watch the back foot what's the back
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The Best Shoelaces, Ever...
hanging out in the woods and we asked him to help us with our test and the good thing about Paul is he doesn't look very sketchy at all first we tested the leather shoe laces I'm gonna start to pull and you're gonna pull right so clearly are you kidding me I mean if you're wearing leather shoe laces all I
Video examples
Focus Expert - Brian...
the core of attention in focus is two seemingly paradoxical relationship on the one hand there's not enough information coming in through the eyes to infer what's going on out there in the world as a result the brain has to be like a detective and on the basis of the sort of sketchy evidence it gets
Video examples
The Man Behind a...
I went to become a bartender at a very sketchy bar I got fired because I would not wear hot pants and that's one of my next job from that I said I'm gonna be a long maker everything you do you will learn from it and you'll use it later on in life when I was a mailman it made me
Video examples
Barely Escaping PIPE Rock...
don't see where it is then it has a potential of hitting you and causing serious injury getting hit by even a small falling rock can easily break bones and an arm or a leg leaving the scaler dangling helplessly in the air this is where job gets really sketchy
Video examples
Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
how environment changes the nature of your tricks. Freestyle oriented, manual down -- wheelie down. Watch, this one? Oh, I love this, it's like surfing, this one, the way you catch it. This one, a little sketchy going backwards, and watch the back foot.
Video examples
A scientific approach to...
Sounds a little sketchy to me, but I'm listening," you at least know you're being engaged and respected. And that's the kind of attitude we should have with these claims. That's showing someone that you care what they're saying. That's respect.
Video examples
An honest look at the...
I'm still as talented as ever and smart as a whip, but work is sketchy now, mostly on and off consulting gigs. At 55 I've learned how to fake cheeriness, but there are not many opportunities for work anymore.
Video examples
Seth Berkley: HIV and...
die of seasonal flu. In the developing world, the data is much sketchier but the death toll is almost certainly higher. You know, the problem is if this virus occasionally mutates so dramatically,
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Julie Klausner
American Author
I've tried open-ended jobs and found myself incredibly unhappy. I don't like the monomania of showing up every day and doing the same thing. I don't know where my next cheque is coming from, I don't know where my next job is coming from, I have really sketchy health insurance, but I need variety in my life.
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Jeremy Wade
There's less mystery in the sea than there is in fresh water. If you look at television there's lots of documentaries on whales, on coral reefs, the deep oceanic trenches. There's loads of stuff. But as soon as you look for anything about fresh water, the information is very sketchy.
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Seth Berkley
American Scientist
Now, you might think of flu as just a really bad cold, but it can be a death sentence. Every year, 36,000 people in the United States die of seasonal flu. In the developing world, the data is much sketchier, but the death toll is almost certainly higher.
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Charles Platt
English Author
In the early 1970s, phone phreaks manipulated the long-distance system using blue boxes that they built from sketchy photocopied schematics that were often riddled with errors. Not many had the skill to do this. Phreaking was restricted to a select few.
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CM Punk
American Athlete
I'm not superstitious about anything in my life - except for playoff hockey. I get really kind of sketchy and weird about it. I don't like talking about it. I don't like making predictions.
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Michael Feinstein
American Musician
I always try to get back to the original source of the song. It's not always there in the sheet music, which is sometimes just a sketchy blueprint of what the song is about.
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Leo Fitzpatrick
American Actor
I had no money. I just figured out hustles to get by, like maybe selling my clothes. I wanted to travel around and be broke and live in sketchy apartments.
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Jasper Johns
American Artist
To do a drawing for a painting most often means doing something very sketchy and schematic and then later making it polished.
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Julie Andrews
English Actress
My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.
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Ian McShane
English Actor
I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.
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Julie Klausner
American Author
I've tried open-ended jobs and found myself incredibly unhappy. I don't like the monomania of showing up every day and doing the same thing. I don't know where my next cheque is coming from, I don't know where my next job is coming from, I have really sketchy health insurance, but I need variety in my life.
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Jeremy Wade
There's less mystery in the sea than there is in fresh water. If you look at television there's lots of documentaries on whales, on coral reefs, the deep oceanic trenches. There's loads of stuff. But as soon as you look for anything about fresh water, the information is very sketchy.
Quote examples
Seth Berkley
American Scientist
Now, you might think of flu as just a really bad cold, but it can be a death sentence. Every year, 36,000 people in the United States die of seasonal flu. In the developing world, the data is much sketchier, but the death toll is almost certainly higher.
Quote examples
Charles Platt
English Author
In the early 1970s, phone phreaks manipulated the long-distance system using blue boxes that they built from sketchy photocopied schematics that were often riddled with errors. Not many had the skill to do this. Phreaking was restricted to a select few.
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CM Punk
American Athlete
I'm not superstitious about anything in my life - except for playoff hockey. I get really kind of sketchy and weird about it. I don't like talking about it. I don't like making predictions.
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Michael Feinstein
American Musician
I always try to get back to the original source of the song. It's not always there in the sheet music, which is sometimes just a sketchy blueprint of what the song is about.
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Leo Fitzpatrick
American Actor
I had no money. I just figured out hustles to get by, like maybe selling my clothes. I wanted to travel around and be broke and live in sketchy apartments.
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Jasper Johns
American Artist
To do a drawing for a painting most often means doing something very sketchy and schematic and then later making it polished.
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Julie Andrews
English Actress
My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.
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Ian McShane
English Actor
I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.
Example 1 of 10
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