scruffier; scruffiest
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The neighborhood is full of dilapidated houses with scruffy backyards.
dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage
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Host Reba McEntire was sure to be both corny and unflappable, Lainey Wilson was a lock to win Entertainer of the Year, and country interloper Post Malone, scruffy and face-tattooed, was going to charm the pants off everyone.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
It was filmed in Seattle in 1991, as the city’s scruffy rock bands drifted, improbably, toward global superfame.
—Sam Anderson, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
It was filmed in Seattle in 1991, as the city’s scruffy rock bands drifted, improbably, toward global superfame.
—Sam Anderson, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Scruffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scruffy. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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