"scraggliness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From scraggly + -ness. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|scraggly|-ness}} scraggly + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} scraggliness (uncountable)
  1. Roughness, scruffiness, or unkemptness. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-scraggliness-en-noun-97zJk5I7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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