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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

otty'>spotty unsteady

Antonyms: Adjective (1)

constant continuous habitual periodic regular repeated steady

Examples

Adjective (1)

//a sharp, choppy wind coming off the lake
//the old cable car provides a picturesque but choppy ride to the mountain's peak
//the plot was intriguing, but the author's style was so choppy that I finally gave up in frustration

First Known Use

Adjective (1)

circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective (2)

1865, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Adjective (1)

Adjective (2)

choppy

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence //a sharp, choppy wind coming off the lake
Synonyms

aperiodic casual catchy discontinuous episodic (also episodical) erratic fitful intermittent irregular occasional spasmodic spastic sporadic spotty unsteady
Related Words

convulsive sudden violent
broken disconnected fragmentary interrupted
aimless arbitrary desultory haphazard hit-and-miss hit-or-miss odd random scattered slapdash stray
capricious changeful changing flickery fluctuating fluid inconstant mercurial mutable temperamental uncertain unpredictable unsettled unstable varying wavering
changeable

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