streakier; streakiest
1
: marked with streaks
streaky bacon
2
: apprehensive
nervous and streaky
3
: apt to vary (as in effectiveness) : unreliable
streakiness
noun
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025
LeVert is a streaky player, so the 45% from downtown isn’t sustainable.
—Stan Son, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
But Toye has shown flashes of being a reliable striker, too
Both of them have been streaky.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
Jalen Green Resurgence To say that starting shooting guard Jalen Green has been streaky during his career would be an understatement.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Streaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streaky. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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streaky
adjective
streakier; streakiest
1
: having or showing streaks
2
: likely to vary : changeable
a streaky hitter in baseball
streakiness
noun
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