"scruffy" meaning in English

See scruffy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈskɹʌf.i/ [UK, US], /ˈskɹaf.i/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruffy.wav Forms: scruffier [comparative], scruffiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌfi Etymology: From scruff + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scruff|y}} scruff + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scruffy (comparative scruffier, superlative scruffiest)
  1. Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby. Categories (topical): Appearance Translations (untidy in appearance): мърляв (mǎrljav) (Bulgarian), malgirbat (Catalan), malforjat (Catalan), 邋遢的 (Chinese Mandarin), epäsiisti (Finnish), rähjäinen (Finnish), nuhjuinen (Finnish), resuinen (Finnish), débraillé (French), négligé (French), verwahrlost (German), heruntergekommen (German), verdreckt [colloquial] (German), versifft [slang] (German), pacuha (Hungarian), trasandato (Italian), ра́сфрлен (rásfrlen) (Macedonian), ва́лкан (válkan) (Macedonian), не́чист (néčist) (Macedonian), pōrohe (Maori), tātarahake (Maori), kōhangaweka (Maori), хааш яаш (xaaš jaaš) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), заваан (zavaan) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠬᠠᠰᠢ ᠶᠠᠰᠢ ᠵᠠᠪᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qasi yasi) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), niechlujny [masculine] (Polish), desgrenhado (Portuguese), неря́шливый (nerjášlivyj) (Russian), нечёсаный (nečósanyj) (note: of hair) (Russian), взъеро́шенный (vzʺjeróšennyj) (note: of hair) (Russian), robach (Scottish Gaelic), neuredan (Serbo-Croatian), zapušten (Serbo-Croatian), desaliñado (Spanish), zarrapastroso (Spanish), ovårdad (Swedish), sjabbig (Swedish), tilltufsad (Swedish), dağınık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-scruffy-en-adj-6bHCfKN0 Disambiguation of Appearance: 95 0 5 Disambiguation of 'untidy in appearance': 99 1
  2. Scurfy.
    Sense id: en-scruffy-en-adj-2FrEvyu~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 57 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 15 63 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 80 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 64 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 73 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 72 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 70 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 73 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 72 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 76 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 53 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 76 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 11 68 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 70 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 13 66 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 66 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 64 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 76 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 12 69 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 11 68 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 74 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 71 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 71 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scruffily, scruffiness, scruffy chic Related terms: scruff

Noun

IPA: /ˈskɹʌf.i/ [UK, US], /ˈskɹaf.i/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruffy.wav Forms: scruffies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌfi Etymology: From scruff + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scruff|y}} scruff + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} scruffy (plural scruffies)
  1. (informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats". Tags: informal Categories (topical): Artificial intelligence, People
    Sense id: en-scruffy-en-noun-X0tPxwAj Disambiguation of Artificial intelligence: 3 3 94 Disambiguation of People: 20 3 77

Inflected forms

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      "word": "мърляв"
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      "word": "malgirbat"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "邋遢的"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "epäsiisti"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
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      "word": "resuinen"
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      "word": "débraillé"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "négligé"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "verwahrlost"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "heruntergekommen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
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      "word": "verdreckt"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
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      "word": "pacuha"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "trasandato"
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      "word": "ра́сфрлен"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "tātarahake"
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      "word": "kōhangaweka"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
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      "word": "niechlujny"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "неря́шливый"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "note": "of hair",
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      "word": "нечёсаный"
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      "word": "взъеро́шенный"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "robach"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "neuredan"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "zapušten"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "desaliñado"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "zarrapastroso"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "ovårdad"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "sjabbig"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "tilltufsad"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "untidy in appearance",
      "word": "dağınık"
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