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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May 31, 2025 The jagged ridges in the green mountains above Spruce Pine look strange at first, as if they were scratched into the surface by giant claws.—
Mike Belleme,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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Especially when exploring all the jagged edges can be as delicious as it has been executed in Sirens.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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In the clip, the small dog scuttles into the room clutching his ragged bear, which has a hole that has caused its stuffing to spill out.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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These others can boast a ragged caliphate, closets full of Che T-shirts, and an upcoming Mission: Impossible movie, respectively.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
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“Scraggly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraggly. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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