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Recent Examples of scruffy The video, which features scruffy cartoons, including a tech-obsessed nun, exploded. thehustle.co, 21 Mar. 2025 Viewed from a distance through a telephoto lens, his demise in a godforsaken town, at the hands of Somoza’s troops, is random, scruffy, and dumb. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 He's had long hair, short hair, a scruffy beard, a short beard, and just about everything in between. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025 The key to locating her bro is in the Exclusion Zone, and Michelle finds a way in courtesy of scruffy ex-soldier Keats (Pratt), a black marketeer who smuggles kitschy lunchboxes and vintage firearms out of there and to his customers. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scruffy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scruffy
Adjective
  • Located inside an early 20th-century building, this dilapidated space has been given a new lease on life by the Parisian interior designer.
    Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Rows of young men in camouflage report for roll call in the shadow of dilapidated, battle-scarred buildings.
    Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But the area where these cuts will be felt most acutely is with respect to elder abuse, which is already a neglected area of health care and social services.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • By upcycling a neglected garment, Hirsch hopes to give someone the chance to experience the beauty and craftsmanship that goes into creating a piece.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025

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“Scruffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scruffy. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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