Patchwork and Patchiness

noun

• A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas.
  • synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble
• A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together.
  • synonyms: patchwork quilt
• Sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern. .

(n.) Work composed of pieces sewed together, especially pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up.

noun

• Unevenness in quality or performance. .