as in jagged
having an uneven edge or outline
a scraggly little tree
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Recent Examples of scraggly
Something really touched me watching the video of a scraggly man on the treadmill and a photograph of an old lady sitting on a grand chair grinning from ear to ear.
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Niha Masih, Washington Post, 18 July 2022
For the red seaweed Gracilaria gracilis, which grows in scraggly clumps, this is a particular problem.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 28 July 2022
O’Neal pulled off the road next to some open land studded with scraggly bushes.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
By the time the school day began, a scraggly line of kids and their parents stretched out the door, down the hallway, and outside into the sunshine.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2021
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Niha Masih, Washington Post, 18 July 2022
For the red seaweed Gracilaria gracilis, which grows in scraggly clumps, this is a particular problem.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 28 July 2022
O’Neal pulled off the road next to some open land studded with scraggly bushes.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
By the time the school day began, a scraggly line of kids and their parents stretched out the door, down the hallway, and outside into the sunshine.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraggly
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When Squid Game first flung us into its arena of despair, questioning the status quo was the series’ fuel, and its narrative rhythm had the jagged urgency of that initial run of Red Light, Green Light.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Another photo features a marshal with a long-range precision rifle mounted on a bipod, stationed on jagged ground with dramatic peaks in the backdrop.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
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Slug and earwig damage often looks similar because these pests both chew ragged holes in plant leaves and do most of their feeding after dark.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 June 2025
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In any case, SpongeBob becomes more and more ragged as the days go by and Patrick fails to share the parental load.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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“Scraggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraggly. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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