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  • adjective superlative form of patchy: most patchy.

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Examples

  • In a nation with the patchiest and priciest medicines in the rich world, that seems most unlikely.

    US fiscal policy: In place of prudence | Editorial 2011

  • On TV the latest incarnation of Doctor Who had its patchiest season, but new showrunner Stephen Moffat's "Silence in the Library/The Forests of the Dead" bodes well for the future.

    MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2008 (Part 1) 2008

  • Those that remain, and their Iranian counterparts, were bussed to and from Azadi Square and barred from reporting on anything else, meaning only the patchiest information emerged from the rest of the city. here but the protest seems to be over and mostly unsuccessful. message from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran is now a "nuclear state" and not afraid of the West:

    TalkLeft Jeralyn 2010

  • Those that remain, and their Iranian counterparts, were bussed to and from Azadi Square and barred from reporting on anything else, meaning only the patchiest information emerged from the rest of the city. here but the protest seems to be over and mostly unsuccessful. message from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran is now a "nuclear state" and not afraid of the West:

    TalkLeft Jeralyn 2010

  • Those that remain, and their Iranian counterparts, were bussed to and from Azadi Square and barred from reporting on anything else, meaning only the patchiest information emerged from the rest of the city. here but the protest seems to be over and mostly unsuccessful. message from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran is now a "nuclear state" and not afraid of the West:

    TalkLeft 2010

  • Those that remain, and their Iranian counterparts, were bussed to and from Azadi Square and barred from reporting on anything else, meaning only the patchiest information emerged from the rest of the city. here but the protest seems to be over and mostly unsuccessful. message from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran is now a "nuclear state" and not afraid of the West:

    TalkLeft 2010

  • In many rich countries, and most poor ones, only the patchiest of records are kept.

    The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2009

  • I’d like to think mine is among the patchiest, though.

    Just because it’s easy to forget the way things were before things got weird « Dating Jesus 2009

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