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spottiest

spottiest is the superlative form of spotty.

Meaning of spotty

Adjective

spotty (comparative spottier, superlative spottiest)

  1. Having spots; spotted.
  2. Occurring in non-contiguous positions or locations.
    • Mobile phone reception in this area tends to be rather spotty.
  3. Of inconsistent quality.
    • Near-synonyms: shoddy, iffy
    Synonyms:
    shoddy, iffy
  4. Inconsistent: not reliably good, sometimes bad.
    • Near-synonyms: shoddy, iffy
    Synonyms:
    shoddy, iffy

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Questions about spottiest

What is spottiest the superlative form of?
Spottiest is the superlative form of spotty.

Words near spottiest in the dictionary

  1. spotters
  2. spotteth
  3. spottie
  4. spottier
  5. spotties
  6. spottiest
  7. spottily
  8. spottin'
  9. spottiness
  10. spottinesses
  11. spotting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spottiest (page history and authors); spotty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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