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as in jagged
having an uneven edge or outline
a scraggy beard
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as in uneven
not having a level or smooth surface
climbers badly scraped their limbs on the scraggy cliffs
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Recent Examples of scraggy
A lot of the music that came out of the Lower East Side was very scraggy.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2023
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2023
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Winding roads diving deep between steep hillsides littered with jagged deadfall and boulder-size talus, towns few and far between.New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2024
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But when a kayaking trip goes horribly wrong, Mum is suddenly gone forever and Hazel is left with crippling anxiety and a jagged scar on her face.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024
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But changes to the original text result in a talky microcosm with uneven performance rhythms (John David Washington is boisterous, frantic, and out of sync).Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
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Economic Instability: The Fourth Turning signals economic disruption, with uneven income growth and widespread insecurity.Bob Haber, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Again, this somewhat ragged rendition isn’t equal to the multi-layered studio version or live ones heard on bootlegs; in particular, the Stills and Young interplay from a Dallas 1968 show makes the Springfield sound like the true originators of the jam band concept.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2024
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Carl Wanderer was sentenced to hang for killing the unnamed ragged stranger.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Part of Butte’s appeal to filmmakers is its rugged natural beauty and the fact that so many of its historic buildings remain standing.Janie Osborne, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Vista Verde Guest Ranch brings travelers up close to the rugged beauty of the Colorado Rockies.Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
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A lot of people hate him, but at least one person at Arkham, an inmate named Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga), with two-tone platinum hair and a gaze of scraggly desperation, adores him.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
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This kid gorilla leads Kong to a tribe of scraggly hostile apes who are living in a slave society presided over by the Skar King, an evil ape with blotchy red hair who’s as tall as Kong and wields a skeletal bone whip that looks like it was fashioned out of the spine of a sea serpent.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
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When the going gets rough, reach for one of our favorite body care products for softer, smoother skin from head to toe: Now, watch ballerina Tiler Peck get ready to perform in the Nutcracker: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!Jenny Berg, Allure, 23 Dec. 2024
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As decorative lights sparkle while the sun retreats, and rough winds hustle us to holiday parties indoors, most of us feel some mix of merriment and bleakness.Amanda Parrish Morgan, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
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But the supply chains were so broken because of the pandemic.CBS News, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
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All these and more can be seen below in a map of the 57 shots the 23-year-old former Arsenal academy youngster faced in the league before that untimely broken wrist against Mansfield Town on November 9.Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Scraggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraggy. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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