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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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The jagged shadows of buttes and spires disappeared and reappeared, a merry-go-round of angles cast on to the cascading rocks cradling the Colorado River.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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To the north, not visible from the beach, was a distant shore, where rows of mountains resembling jagged waves disappeared into the mist.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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In recent years, Allentown has undergone an uneven revival spurred by the arrival of tens of thousands of Latinos, many of them exiles from New York, who now make up a majority of the city’s population.Julia Preston, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
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Asian stock markets posted uneven performances on Thursday, with gains in Tokyo and Seoul offset by declines in Hong Kong and Shanghai.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 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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While the Barry star is great here, the episode actually belongs to Mia Isaac and the terrifying Amy Ruggiero as an escaped patient named Alice Taylor, who appears at a hospital one night in a ragged state, unable to close her mouth.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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Truck Ford Ranger: Ford’s popular midsize pickup added a Raptor performance model this year, complementing the rugged looks, utility and advanced features. Ram 1500: Ram’s flagship continues to raise the bar for full-size pickup design.Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Made from 100 percent goat suede, the mid-weight Bandera offers a classic, timeless look that blends rugged durability with natural softness.Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 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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Still, this is a good SSD if your portable drives lead a rough life in an everyday bag.Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
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Deer damage is more likely to occur on younger trees, which are easier to reach and haven’t developed a thick, rough, protective bark yet.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
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Allerton had stopped returning Lee’s letters some time ago, and the sting of their broken relationship lingers.Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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But 18-month-old Pluto was found nearby with minor injuries, as well as Whiskey, who dug a hole in the snow despite having two broken legs.Calvin Milliner, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Scraggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraggy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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