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What does sketchy mean?

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Adjective
  1. Roughly or hastily laid out; intended for later refinement.
  2. Resembling a comedy sketch, of sketch quality.
  3. (slang) Of questionable or doubtful quality.
  4. (slang, of a person) Suspected of taking part in illicit or dishonorable dealings.
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Kiernan's reminiscences of India, though brief and sketchy, have been published for the first time in this collection.
Details are sketchy but the lightening fast operation, lasting all of 5 hours, stunned France and the world.
Information regarding the death is, at present, sketchy, with the police report being frustratingly vague.
The Tuta circuit looked downright sketchy, with dirt-strewn corners and sharp speed bumps on the straightaway into town.
Just what is the deal with those recurring headaches, or Maria's sketchy past?
The science behind that is a little sketchy, but it could be because they contain zinc, a mineral linked to progesterone and male potency.

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