scrubby
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scrub·by
(skrŭb′ē)adj. scrub·bi·er, scrub·bi·est
1. Covered with or consisting of scrub or underbrush.
2. Shrublike or scraggly: scrubby trees; scrubby cattle.
3. Paltry or shabby: a scrubby little house.
scrub′bi·ly adv.
scrub′bi·ness n.
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scrubby
(ˈskrʌbɪ)adj, -bier or -biest
1. (Physical Geography) covered with or consisting of scrub
2. (of trees or vegetation) stunted in growth
3. informal Brit messy
ˈscrubbiness n
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scrub•by
(ˈskrʌb i)adj. -bi•er, -bi•est.
1. low or stunted, as trees.
2. covered with scrub.
3. undersized or stunted, as animals.
4. wretched; shabby.
[1745–55]
scrub′bi•ly, adv.
scrub′bi•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | scrubby - sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush; "open scrubby woods" wooded - covered with growing trees and bushes etc; "wooded land"; "a heavily wooded tract" |
2. | scrubby - inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees" inferior - of low or inferior quality |
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scrubby
adjective stunted, meagre, underdeveloped, spindly, scrawny, undersized scrubby green bushes
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scrubby
adjectiveShowing signs of wear and tear or neglect:
bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare.
Informal: tacky.
Slang: ratty.
Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.
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