scruffier; scruffiest
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Examples of scruffy in a Sentence
The neighborhood is full of dilapidated houses with scruffy backyards.
dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage
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For one thing, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s scruffy Detective Abbott is a poor substitute for Judge Reinhold’s Lieutenant Rosewood.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 July 2024
Amat makes for an ideal rom-com love interest with scruffy good looks, a sensitive air and an endless succession of henleys.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024
Death is a scruffy, dingy-looking macaw who lives a miserable existence.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
For this lasagna-loving indoor cat, the arrival of his scruffy father means the titular feline and his friend Odie must sacrifice their life of luxury and comfort to embark on … a dangerous journey into a criminal underworld?
—Emily Maskell, Vulture, 3 June 2024
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 July 2024
Amat makes for an ideal rom-com love interest with scruffy good looks, a sensitive air and an endless succession of henleys.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024
Death is a scruffy, dingy-looking macaw who lives a miserable existence.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
For this lasagna-loving indoor cat, the arrival of his scruffy father means the titular feline and his friend Odie must sacrifice their life of luxury and comfort to embark on … a dangerous journey into a criminal underworld?
—Emily Maskell, Vulture, 3 June 2024
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“Scruffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scruffy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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