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scruffy

adj
/ˈskɹʌf.i/UK/ˈskɹaf.i/

Etymology

From scruff + -y.

  1. suffixed as scruffy — “scruff + -y”

Definitions

  1. Untidy in appearance

    Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby.

    • A scruffy little dog came scampering down the road.
    • scruffy clothes
    • scruffy man

  2. Scurfy.

  3. An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated…

    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".

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An arctic fox.

      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:scruffy.

    2. A given name for a dog.

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Derived

scruffily, scruffiness, scruffy chic

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA