scruffy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of scruffy
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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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
They voted for a scruffy guy in a leather jacket promising pain now, gain later.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
And yet “Steve,” sincere in its hardcore concern, believably acted, is too scattered and schematically plotted to fully pull us into the emotional toll and scruffy joys of this work.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
Those clean heels look a bit scruffy now.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025
His beard was fashionably scruffy, like Piper’s dad and his actor friends wore theirs—the sort of I just happened not to shave for two days and I still look awesome look.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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