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scrubby
adjective scrub·by \ˈskrə-bē\
: covered with small bushes and trees
: small and not growing well
scrub·bi·erscrub·bi·est
Full Definition of SCRUBBY
1
: inferior in size or quality : stunted <scrubby cattle>
2
: covered with or consisting of scrub
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Origin of SCRUBBY
1scrub
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- beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, ratty, run-down, shabby, scruffy, seedy, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, tumbledown
SCRUBBY Defined for Kids
scrubby
adjective scrub·by \ˈskrə-bē\
scrub·bi·erscrub·bi·est
Definition of SCRUBBY for Kids
: covered with a thick growth of small or stunted shrubs or trees <scrubby land>
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