chalky

adj

1. Consisting of or containing chalk.
2. Resembling chalk in some way.

   “a chalky texture”

   “Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line.”

   “The dim, chalky lighting and unsteady camera movements.”

3. (US)Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.

   “It’s funny — even though the bracket has been so chalky, several of the top seeds have looked suspect at times.”