scruffy

Meaning

Adj

1. Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby.
2. Scurfy.

Noun

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".
2. (slang) An arctic fox.

Synonyms

unkempt

shabby

seedy

untidy

dirty

sleazy

sloppy

grubby

slovenly

messy

tatty

neglected

ratty

rotten

scummy

shaggy

slipshod

sluttish

smudgy

ugly

uncared for

blowsy

blowzy

be shaggy

chaotic

dingy

disheveled

dowdy

filthy

flea-bitten

frowsy

frowzy

mucky

muddy

Translations

trasandato

négligé

débraillé

vergammelt

dreckig

unsauber

miteux

smerig

sale

unordentlich

vieux

🧓

απεριποίητος

ungepflegt

βρώμικος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskɹʌf.i/

Etymology

From scruff + -y.