how to pronounce sketchy

/ˈskɛtʃiː/

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sketchy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of sketchy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… but it can get pretty sketchy so yeah …”

meaning of sketchy

Sketchy means not trustworthy, not reliable, not to be trusted.

sketchy frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word sketchy occurs in english on average 2.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sketchy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sketchy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;