scruffy
Example Sentences
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Joseph’s look contrasts with the somewhat scruffy beard and receding hairline of the donor kneeling at the right.
After all, Robertson was the scruffy little fat lad who conquered all of Europe twice.
From BBC
There’s no way for a general moviegoer to know what the ratio of fiction to nonfiction in is a scruffy DIY object like “Burt,” with characters playing versions of themselves.
From Los Angeles Times
Smith's game management and kicking ability would be an obvious fix to some rather scruffy and disjointed play that did not allow England to build any pressure in the first Test.
From BBC
They voted for a scruffy guy in a leather jacket promising pain now, gain later.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
