as in jagged
having an uneven edge or outline
a scraggly little tree
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Recent Examples of scraggly
Another scrub-jay came to join, then the pair darted into a scraggly bush.
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Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2026
In rock climbing, a few such traits include longer fingers, shorter forearms, and scraggly wrists, all of which might help a climber clutch at tiny crimps in the rock with substantially more ease.
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Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
At his dining-room table, in a new home in a scraggly stretch of New Orleans’s Seventh Ward, Rob toggled between Facebook and WhatsApp on both his phone and laptop.
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Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Van Der Beek looks a tad weathered for a man in his late 40s — not sure the scraggly man bun was a great choice — but otherwise projects a healthy, solid screen presence.
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Bob Strauss,
San Francisco Chronicle,
12 Mar. 2026
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Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2026
In rock climbing, a few such traits include longer fingers, shorter forearms, and scraggly wrists, all of which might help a climber clutch at tiny crimps in the rock with substantially more ease.
—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
At his dining-room table, in a new home in a scraggly stretch of New Orleans’s Seventh Ward, Rob toggled between Facebook and WhatsApp on both his phone and laptop.
—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Van Der Beek looks a tad weathered for a man in his late 40s — not sure the scraggly man bun was a great choice — but otherwise projects a healthy, solid screen presence.
—
Bob Strauss,
San Francisco Chronicle,
12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraggly
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Located in Florina, in northwestern Greece, the region lies on a high plateau ringed by jagged peaks, with freshwater lakes below.
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An important entry to the New Queer Cinema canon, Kar-wai’s drama is passionate, moody, and deeply evocative, tracing the jagged edges of an on-again, off-again romance in seedy 1990s Buenos Aires.
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This leaves ragged and bruised leaf tips behind that quickly turn brown and are more susceptible to disease.
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His hushed, ragged whisper feels suitably weathered, fitting a collection of songs that never are in a hurry.
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“Scraggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraggly. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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