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What is the adjective for patching?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs patch and patchwork which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

patchy
  1. Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
  2. Not constant or continuous; intermittent or uneven.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. mottled, dappled, spotted, flecked, speckled, stippled, variegated, blotched, freckled, spotty, marbled, blotchy, dotted, specked, splotchy, multicolored, multicoloured, splotched, dapple, piebald, pied, pinto, brindled, brindle, splodgy, motley, streaked, skewbald, marled, marked, particoloured, tabby, varicolored, particolored, checkered, speckly, chequered, parti-colored, maculate, brown and white, macular, black and white, sprinkled, flaked, varicoloured, irregular, blemished, patched, parti-coloured, guttate … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Her dress and tights had smelled of cigarette smoke and had born the telltale patchy spots of spilled drinks.”
      “I sweat. My belly jiggled frivolously inside my shirt, and my breath came at patchy intervals.”
      “Six minutes and a fraction over 20 seconds later, and the British four were contemplating a row of latent promise but patchy quality.”
patchworky
  1. Like patchwork; untidy, variegated, higgledy-piggledy.
patchable
  1. mendable; capable of being patched
patchlike
  1. Resembling a patch or patchwork
patched
  1. Having been repaired with a patch or patches.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. old, worn, worn out, shabby, threadbare, holey, torn, frayed, tattered, ragged, yellowed, out of date, outmoded, cast-off, démodé, tatty, hand-me-down, moth-eaten, old-fashioned, faded, well worn, seedy, decrepit, ratty, scruffy, raggedy, in tatters, rent, worn to shreds, in holes, falling to pieces, worse for wear, having seen better days, the worse for wear, falling apart at the seams, dilapidated, battered, tumbledown, crumbling, shoddy, deteriorated, sorry, in ribbons, broken-down, grotty, time-worn, in rags, warby, run down, raggedy-ass … more
patchless
  1. Without a patch.
patchwise
  1. in patches
patchier
  1. comparative form of patchy: more patchy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. spottier, blotchier, splotchier, more mottled, more dappled, more spotted, more speckled, more variegated, more blotched, more freckled, more marbled, more dotted, more specked, more multicolored, more multicoloured, more dapple, more piebald, more pied, more pinto, more brindled, more brindle, splodgier, more motley, more streaked, more marled, more marked, more particoloured, more particolored, more checkered, more speckly, more maculate, more mixed, more blemished, more irregular, more guttate, more foxed, more maculated, more stained, more punctate, frecklier, more peppered, more studded, streakier, more kaleidoscopic, more prismatic, more polychromatic, more veined, more polychromous, more versicolored, more polychromic … more
patchiest
  1. superlative form of patchy: most patchy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. spottiest, blotchiest, splotchiest, most mottled, most dappled, most spotted, most speckled, most variegated, most blotched, most freckled, most marbled, most dotted, most specked, most multicolored, most multicoloured, most dapple, most piebald, most pied, most pinto, most brindled, most brindle, splodgiest, most motley, most streaked, most marled, most marked, most particoloured, most particolored, most checkered, most speckly, most maculate, most mixed, most blemished, most irregular, most foxed, most guttate, most maculated, most stained, freckliest, most punctate, most studded, most peppered, streakiest, most kaleidoscopic, most prismatic, most polychromatic, most veined, most polychromous, most versicolored, most polychromic … more
patching
  1. present participle of patch
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sewing, stitching, darning, hemming, seaming, suturing, rethreading, mending, sewing up, stitching up, patching up, putting a patch on, basting, tacking, embroidering, knitting, tailoring, repairing, machining stitch, joining, fastening, closing, binding, clouting, sealing, catching, sewing temporarily, overedging, serging, edging, overlocking, covering, fixing, reconditioning, doctoring, rebuilding, reconstructing, reinforcing, revamping, overhauling, renovating, strengthening, doing up, restoring, refurbishing, refitting, renewing … more
patchworked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
patchworking
  1. present participle of patchwork
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