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Meanings of scruffy in English

Shabby and untidy.

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Usage of scruffy in English
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But now she was a scruffy heap, even without the recent damage.
Anvil Gate
2
Kenobi appeared to ponder the question, scratching absently at his scruffy beard.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
3
The opening act offers us happy scenes from a rural, scruffy idyll.
The Irish Times
4
Sure enough, it is the same sad scruffy looking presumably homeless chap.
The South African
5
Robbie's house was in a scruffy subdivision on the outskirts of Rockville.
Stories: all-new tales
6
He'd had it for six months, and it wasn't a scruffy-looking beard.
Dark rivers of the heart
7
Were the men everywhere in the camp as scruffy as these ones?
The black prism
8
The stakes made the drama gripping even if the action became scruffy.
The Guardian
9
It cost them dearly, as Wilson's scruffy miskick trickled into the net.
The Guardian
10
Instead, I saw a large, scruffy raven perched high on a rock.
Secrets of the Wolves
11
Like all of them, he'd lost weight and waxed scruffy and oily.
Wastelands
12
Over the chair beside her was an indescribably scruffy Barbie-pink padded coat.
The blood spilt
13
The angel is surrounded by a gang of scruffy but deadly-looking men.
Angelfall
14
The doctor gives a stiff bow, knocks, and enters a scruffy office.
Number9Dream
15
Vague shots of a man smiling, a scruffy dog on a leash.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
16
His features were haggard, his head and face stubble grizzled and scruffy.
Genellan: planetfall
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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