scruffy

scruffy
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. unkempt, shabby. See uncleanness.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
shabby, grubby, straggly, unkempt, ungroomed, untrimmed, unwashed, mangy, ragged, bedraggled, *like a rat's nest.
ANT.: neat, tidy, trim, groomed
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare. Informal: tacky2. Slang: ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot (or seed), past cure (or hope). See BETTER.

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