Having more irregular spots, clothes rip when spun (10)

I believe the answer is:

splotchier

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'having more irregular spots' is the definition.
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'clothes rip when spun' is the wordplay.
'when spun' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'when spinning' mean this).
'clothes'+'rip'='clothesrip'
'clothesrip' is an anagram of 'SPLOTCHIER'.

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