scraggly
adjective
scrag·gly
ˈskra-g(ə-)lē 
: irregular in form or growth
scraggly hills
a scraggly beard
also
: unkempt
Examples of scraggly in a Sentence
a scraggly little tree
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Wearing a colorful polka-dot shirt, a red tie, and voluminous rainbow pants, with her hair cut in a scraggly mullet, Sherman, who is thirty-two, delivered a performance that was almost entirely given over to an abrasive discussion of the abjectness of the human body—mostly her own.
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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Clateman, who has scraggly chops, a patterned scarf wrapped around his neck, and a gray button-up—like a hippie dressed up for Picture Day—coaxes her into talking.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
With scraggly hair and beard and a dazed countenance of man waking up from an unspeakable dream, Reeves brings the tender vulnerability to his Estragon (aka Gogo).
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
That was thrilling for us, because that disheveled scraggly look totally became who Vince was.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Clateman, who has scraggly chops, a patterned scarf wrapped around his neck, and a gray button-up—like a hippie dressed up for Picture Day—coaxes her into talking.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
With scraggly hair and beard and a dazed countenance of man waking up from an unspeakable dream, Reeves brings the tender vulnerability to his Estragon (aka Gogo).
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
That was thrilling for us, because that disheveled scraggly look totally became who Vince was.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Scraggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scraggly. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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scraggly
adjective
scrag·gly
ˈskrag-(ə-)lē
scragglier; scraggliest
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