Few and Spotty

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Few adjective - A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number.

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Spotty and few are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spotty" instead an adjective "Few".

Spotty adjective - Lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence.

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Few and spotty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Few" instead an adjective "Spotty".

Nearby Words: spotted, spotter, spotting

Daeron the Drunken drank to drown his "dragon dreams" right out — with spotty success, as he still got a few that filtered through.

Source: Deconstructed Character Archetype / A Song of Ice and Fire
She's somewhere between being a learner Pragmatic Hero and Villain with a horribly spotty record thanks to having few decent examples to copy, as a result.

Source: Pragmatic Villainy aka: Pragmatic Villain
Only a few NPCs, such as Hannibal Hamlin or Rivet City's Abraham Washington, know any history - and even they're spotty enough on details that their work almost resembles a Cargo Cult.

Source: Video Game / Fallout 3

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