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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Payne is a career 36.9% three-point shooter known-best as a streaky scorer and feisty competitor.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
Matt Chapman, the streaky hitter on a hot streak, drove him to second with a lined single.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
The 28-year-old has, at times, been a streaky hitter, but the slump is the worst he’s experienced since becoming a staple in the Orioles’ lineup in 2021.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2024
Shut down Sellers Jaylin Sellers is a streaky shooter for UCF who leads them in scoring.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
Matt Chapman, the streaky hitter on a hot streak, drove him to second with a lined single.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
The 28-year-old has, at times, been a streaky hitter, but the slump is the worst he’s experienced since becoming a staple in the Orioles’ lineup in 2021.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2024
Shut down Sellers Jaylin Sellers is a streaky shooter for UCF who leads them in scoring.
—Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2024
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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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