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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In Berlin, parks are usually just some trees, scraggly wild grass, and rugged natural paths mixed in with a monument or statue here and there and several walls scattered with graffiti.
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Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2025
Bread crumbs • Props to the hair, makeup, and costuming departments for differentiating Kiki’s Simone from pre-Michaela Simone, who showed up to the island with a scraggly ponytail, a gray button-down, uneven skin, and scrawled tattoos.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
A lot of people hate him, but at least one person at Arkham, an inmate named Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga), with two-tone platinum hair and a gaze of scraggly desperation, adores him.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
There was scraggly grass in one sand trap and wooden blocks and a toy castle in another, evidence of children at play.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2025
Bread crumbs • Props to the hair, makeup, and costuming departments for differentiating Kiki’s Simone from pre-Michaela Simone, who showed up to the island with a scraggly ponytail, a gray button-down, uneven skin, and scrawled tattoos.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
A lot of people hate him, but at least one person at Arkham, an inmate named Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga), with two-tone platinum hair and a gaze of scraggly desperation, adores him.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
There was scraggly grass in one sand trap and wooden blocks and a toy castle in another, evidence of children at play.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
See All Example Sentences for scraggly
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“Scraggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scraggly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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scraggly
adjective
scrag·gly
ˈskrag-(ə-)lē
scragglier; scraggliest
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