as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage
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Recent Examples of scruffy
Twelve miles outside Missoula, Montana Snowbowl makes a scruffy first impression.
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Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Barrett, a scruffy 34-year-old with a subtle surfer drawl, launched Almost Friday with his younger brothers, Max, 33, and Sam, 28.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
Perhaps it was thought that ‘civilian’ clothes and scruffy hair would present him as a teenager with boyish potential, whereas a glossy makeover would risk hurriedly packaging the kid as Madrid’s next galactico-in-waiting.
—Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
In the city's scruffy downtown — which connects to El Paso's downtown by an international bridge — strays compete for territory and food from restaurants or overflowing trash cans.
—Lauren Villagran, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
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Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Barrett, a scruffy 34-year-old with a subtle surfer drawl, launched Almost Friday with his younger brothers, Max, 33, and Sam, 28.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
Perhaps it was thought that ‘civilian’ clothes and scruffy hair would present him as a teenager with boyish potential, whereas a glossy makeover would risk hurriedly packaging the kid as Madrid’s next galactico-in-waiting.
—Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
In the city's scruffy downtown — which connects to El Paso's downtown by an international bridge — strays compete for territory and food from restaurants or overflowing trash cans.
—Lauren Villagran, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
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