scruffy

Example Sentences

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"It was pretty tough this morning. Feel like I hit some pretty scruffy golf shots, which in some ways is to be expected."

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Joseph’s look contrasts with the somewhat scruffy beard and receding hairline of the donor kneeling at the right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

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 • Dec. 12, 2025

She does not really have a defensive presence when the game is scruffy.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

There are other newspaper pictures too, showing thin- looking children in scruffy clothes, standing in front of piles of rubble.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood