"scungy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈskʌnd͡ʒi/ Forms: scungier [comparative], scungiest [superlative]
Etymology: From scunge + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scunge|y}} scunge + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scungy (comparative scungier, superlative scungiest)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, US, informal) Dirty, messy; sordid. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, US, informal Synonyms: scummy Related terms: scunge

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1990 September, Byron Coley, Underground, Spin, page 86,\nThe cassette collects outtakes, demos, and scungier droppings, so it′s only about as intrinsically interesting as the leftover's from Ric Menck's Groovy Strum comp must be."
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          "text": "2007, Nigel Latta, Into the Darklands and Beyond, 2010, HarperCollins New Zealand, unnumbered page,\nThey lived in a scungy state house that was far scungier than it needed to be."
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