scraggly
adjective
scrag·gly
ˈskra-g(ə-)lē 
: irregular in form or growth
scraggly hills
a scraggly beard
also
: unkempt
Examples of scraggly in a Sentence
a scraggly little tree
Recent Examples on the Web
This kid gorilla leads Kong to a tribe of scraggly hostile apes who are living in a slave society presided over by the Skar King, an evil ape with blotchy red hair who’s as tall as Kong and wields a skeletal bone whip that looks like it was fashioned out of the spine of a sea serpent.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
There was scraggly grass in one sand trap and wooden blocks and a toy castle in another, evidence of children at play.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Something really touched me watching the video of a scraggly man on the treadmill and a photograph of an old lady sitting on a grand chair grinning from ear to ear.
—Niha Masih, Washington Post, 18 July 2022
For the red seaweed Gracilaria gracilis, which grows in scraggly clumps, this is a particular problem.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 28 July 2022
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
There was scraggly grass in one sand trap and wooden blocks and a toy castle in another, evidence of children at play.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Something really touched me watching the video of a scraggly man on the treadmill and a photograph of an old lady sitting on a grand chair grinning from ear to ear.
—Niha Masih, Washington Post, 18 July 2022
For the red seaweed Gracilaria gracilis, which grows in scraggly clumps, this is a particular problem.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 28 July 2022
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“Scraggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scraggly. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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scraggly
adjective
scrag·gly
ˈskrag-(ə-)lē
scragglier; scraggliest
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