sketchy as an adjective: - 1
sketchy
adjective
1 sketchy
Giving only major points; lacking completeness:
— A sketchy account.
— Details of the plan remain sketchy.
synonym: unelaborated.
Roget 53:
incomplete;
imperfect
etc.
651;
unfinished;
uncompleted
etc.
(complete)
etc.
729;
defective,
deficient,
wanting,
lacking,
failing;
in default,
in arrear†;
short of;
hollow,
meager,
lame,
halfand-half,
perfunctory,
sketchy;
crude
etc.
(unprepared)
674.
mutilated,
garbled,
docked,
lopped,
truncated.
in progress,
in hand;
going on,
proceeding.
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Roget 575:
feeble,
bald,
tame,
meager,
jejune,
vapid,
bland,
trashy,
lukewarm,
cold,
frigid,
poor,
dull,
dry,
languid;
colorless,
enervated;
proposing,
prosy,
prosaic;
unvaried,
monotonous,
weak,
washy,
wishy-washy;
sketchy,
slight.
careless,
slovenly,
loose,
lax
(negligent)
460;
slipshod,
slipslop†;
inexact;
puerile,
childish;
flatulent;
rambling
etc.
(diffuse)
573.
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Roget 730:
not completed
etc.
v.;
incomplete
etc.
53;
uncompleted,
unfinished,
unaccomplished,
unperformed,
unexecuted;
sketchy,
addle.
in progress,
in hand;
ongoing,
going on,
proceeding;
on one's hands;
on the anvil;
in the fire,
in the oven.
parboiled,
half-baked.
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Polish: szkicowy
Moby thesaurus: adulterated, arrested, blemished, callow, crude, cursory, damaged, defective, deficient, depthless, embryonic, erroneous, failing, fallible, faulty, found wanting, fuzzy, hasty, hurried, hypoplastic, ill-defined, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, in arrear, in arrears, in default, in short supply, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, indistinct, inexact, infant, lacking, makeshift, mediocre, missing, mixed, needing, not perfect, off, part, partial, patchy, perfunctory, rough, rough-hewn, scant, scanty, scrappy, shallow, short, shy, skimpy, superficial, uncritical, underdeveloped, undeveloped, uneven, unfinished, unperfected, unpolished, unrefined, unsound, unthorough, vague, wanting ... show more.
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