Definitions

scrubby

[skruhb-ee] / ˈskrʌb i /

ADJECTIVE

shabby

Synonyms

WEAK

all the worse for wear bare bedraggled broken-down crummy cure decayed decaying decrepit degenerated desolate deteriorated deteriorating dilapidated dingy disfigured disreputable dog-eared down-at-heel faded frayed gone to seed mangy meager mean miserable moth-eaten neglected pitiful poor pot poverty-stricken ragged ramshackle ratty rickety ruined ruinous run down rundown scruffy seedy shoddy sleazy slipshod squalid tacky tattered tatty threadbare tired worn worn-out worse for wear wretched

Example Sentences

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We cut through hills full of scrubby bushes and speckled with orange poppies.

From Literature

Kharg Island, targeted in US air strikes on Saturday, is a scrubby stretch of land in the Gulf that handles almost all of Iran's crude exports.

From Barron's

Kharg Island, a scrubby stretch of land in the northern Gulf, handles almost all of Iran's crude exports and any attempt to seize it would mark a major escalation in the conflict, analysts say.

From Barron's

“I hope I don’t pick the scrubbiest one.”

From Literature

I mean, the fire burned down a portion of a park that’s mostly just scrubby trees and rocks.

From Literature

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