scrabbly

Meaning

1. Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around.
2. Covered in loose rocks or crumbling soil.
3. Difficult to negotiate; requiring scrambling.
4. Scribbly.
5. Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.
6. Of poor quality; poorly maintained.
7. Characterized by sparse, stunted vegetation, infertile.
8. Stunted.
9. Sparse and scraggly.
10. Impoverished, hardscrabble
11. Rough, poor and uncultured.
12. Having a rough texture; scratchy.

Synonyms

scrubby

runty

Etymology

From scrabble + -y.