(a.) Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.
Example Sentences:
(1) The details are a bit sketchy but I've just had it confirmed from Old Trafford that the people who were in Spain, apparently negotiating on their behalf for Ander Herrera, were not sent there by the club and can accurately be described as 'imposters'.
(2) I also think to some Republicans, even the word ‘association’ is slightly sketchy.” He then told the crowd that he was accepting the award “on behalf of psychopathic billionaires everywhere.
(3) The Jobseekers Act 1995 made this requirement explicit in relation to work schemes and it was on this basis that the court found that the sketchy 2011 regulations failed to pass muster.
(4) The details of what happened to Abdullah are sketchy.
(5) Concrete details on these “war zone” policy measures remain somewhat sketchy.
(6) "If somebody came to you, governor, with a plan that said, 'Here, I want to spend seven or eight trillion dollars, and we're going to pay for it, but we can't tell you until maybe after the election how we're going to do it,' you wouldn't have taken such a sketchy deal, and neither should you, the American people," Obama said.
(7) In the UK, the chairwoman of the House of Commons transport select committee, Louise Ellman, accused Toyota of issuing "sketchy" statements and questioned how long the manufacturer knew about the Priius problems before it went public.
(8) But he was sketchy about who would be pushed down the housing list, and about whether non-locals were currently at the top of the list, vaguely alluding to stories of families from Tower Hamlets being rehoused here (“I’m not sure whether that has actually happened or not”).
(9) Detailed follow-up information was often sketchy and unavailable.
(10) Whereas the information on the subject of arterial status is sketchy and haphazard with respect to any one genetic disorder, the number of these diseases would have precluded the provision of a critical review within the scope of this presentation.
(11) There were far too many fake news stories in 2016 from sketchy sites.
(12) Details of the deal were sketchy but Ashley’s group will have to pay Goldman if the share price falls, and will make a gain if they rise.
(13) I just don’t know … I also think to some Republicans, even the word ‘association’ is slightly sketchy.
(14) A sketchy agenda was released a few days before the conference began, along with a participant list, from which we can assume that the head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, will lead the chat about "How special is the relationship in intelligence sharing?"
(15) Lee addressed fans' concerns about the project's sketchy details on his Kickstarter page: "The reason I have not disclosed more info on the story is because: It's a THRILLER," he wrote.
(16) Cysts of the penis are rare and references to them in standard textbooks are sketchy.
(17) There is no city centre to speak of, just a collection of discount shops and fast-food outlets near the train station, and the sketchy bus service is more suited to a rural outpost than a city of 420,000.
(18) Most of the residents think the artworks should be returned to their rightful owners, though establishing who they are may take some time: many of the remaining records from galleries looted by the Nazis are sketchy and incomplete.
(19) A spokesman for the Department of Business has defended the sale price saying that their proposals were only "indicative valuations" based on only sketchy information already in the public domain.
(20) ‘I’m a bit sketchy on the memory,’ he says, with an apologetic smile.