Word of the day: PATCHY

Patchy:  feito de remendos, cheio de remendos, malhado, desigual, irregular

Synonyms: occasional, irregular, sporadic, intermittent, sparse, variable, inconsistent, unreliable, erratic, unpredictable, irregular, intermittent

“The lawn is kind of patchy this year.”

“Patchy fog made driving difficult.”

“His knowledge of the language is patchy.”

“She has only a patchy understanding of his condition.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the Day: Scanty

Scanty: escasso, pouco, apertado, insuficiente 

Synonyms:  exiguous, niggardly,poor, scant, meager, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy, wanting, circumscribed tight, underdeveloped, abstemious

“State aid has grown so scanty that many heritage sites must pay for themselves...”Newsweek, December 25, 2005”