SCRUFFY in a Sentence

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Example sentences for SCRUFFY, such as:

1. His scruffy appearance does not reflect his character.
2. Despite her scruffy clothes, there was an air of sophistication about her.
3. The gunman was described as scruffy looking and fled on foot after the attack, possibly with another man, he said.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCRUFFY
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scruffy
 a.  shabby; untidy in appearance
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Example Sentence:
1  Despite her scruffy clothes, there was an air of sophistication about her.
2  His scruffy appearance does not reflect his character.
3  The gunman was described as scruffy looking and fled on foot after the attack, possibly with another man, he said.
4  In a scruffy courtroom with breeze-block walls, the dock is empty, defendants no longer appear in person.