as in jagged
having an uneven edge or outline
a scraggly little tree
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Recent Examples of scraggly
The ditches drop deep into scraggly forest on either side of that road, and in the winter, cars often slide off and topple down the hill.
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Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
Many people mistakenly assume a place like Death Valley is just sand, scraggly bushes, and a few cacti.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
For hikers and residents, the steel lattice towers rising from the horizon carrying high-voltage transmission lines up and over the mountains are as recognizable as the bucolic dirt paths, scraggly chapparal, and, at slightly higher elevations, old oaks.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
The marker was tucked among scraggly mountain mahogany.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
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Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
Many people mistakenly assume a place like Death Valley is just sand, scraggly bushes, and a few cacti.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
For hikers and residents, the steel lattice towers rising from the horizon carrying high-voltage transmission lines up and over the mountains are as recognizable as the bucolic dirt paths, scraggly chapparal, and, at slightly higher elevations, old oaks.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
The marker was tucked among scraggly mountain mahogany.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraggly
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From Buffalo Grove, the district goes northwest on a jagged path through Mundelein, Fox Lake, and into McHenry County.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Rescuers said the conditions were treacherous, with deep drifting snow, jagged ice and extremely limited visibility that slowed efforts to reach the man.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Though few natural-history buffs realize it, many of them have admired the handiwork of this unusual company, located in the ragged outskirts of Oklahoma City, for decades.—
Jeff Wilson,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
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Daniel Arnold—whose street work picks up from Garry Winogrand and Joel Meyerowitz, but with a ragged edge of comic mayhem—goes wild on one of the show’s large walls.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Scraggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraggly. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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