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Like teenage facial hair, often

Ross

I believe the answer is:

patchy

(Other definitions for patchy that I've seen before include "Often repaired" , "Uneven in quality - mended too often" , "in an irregular way" , "Intermittent" , "Uneven in quality like repaired clothes" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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