as in jagged
having an uneven edge or outline
a scraggly little tree
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Recent Examples of scraggly
The sky was blue, and the sun warm, and the mountains speckled with granite and scraggly pines.
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Blair Braverman, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
On a welcome muddy day in January — a warmish respite between polar vortexes and snowstorms — a small work crew hoisted 20-foot long steel pipes into a hole being bored hundreds of feet deep in the scraggly field across from Union Station in New Haven.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
One easy trick can turn those misshapen lumps with scraggly edges into gorgeous, bakery-worthy treats.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 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
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Blair Braverman, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
On a welcome muddy day in January — a warmish respite between polar vortexes and snowstorms — a small work crew hoisted 20-foot long steel pipes into a hole being bored hundreds of feet deep in the scraggly field across from Union Station in New Haven.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
One easy trick can turn those misshapen lumps with scraggly edges into gorgeous, bakery-worthy treats.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraggly
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But the storms that lash the unpeopled coasts and jagged mountains of our Fiftieth State are no respecters of men, even the best of us.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
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From the beginning, the Palisades, with its Mediterranean climate and jagged coastline, lured the most adventurous of settlers, each generation reshaping it in its own image.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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In goes a scoop of lard, then eight corn tortillas, fanned out and briskly dressed with onions, salsas rojo and verde, and ragged strips of beef.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Few have gotten more out of three ragged chords than Diamond did in his first Top 10 single.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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“Scraggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraggly. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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