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Scruffy vs. Untidy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Scruffy and Untidy

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Definitions

Scruffy

Shabby and untidy or dirty
A teenager in scruffy jeans and a baggy T-shirt

Untidy

Untidy (foaled 1920 in New Jersey) was an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse owned by Helen Hay Whitney's Greentree Stable and trained by Jimmy Rowe Jr. and head trainer Scott Harlan.

Scruffy

(of a man's face) having short, bristly hairs as a result of not having been shaved for a while
His employer has got used to seeing his face becoming scruffier each spring

Untidy

Not neat and tidy; sloppy.

Scruffy

Shabby; untidy.

Untidy

Disorderly and unorganized
Untidy financial affairs.
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Scruffy

Chiefly British Scaly; scabby.

Untidy

Sloppy.
I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!

Scruffy

Untidy in appearance.
A scruffy little dog came scampering down the road.
Scruffy clothes
Scruffy man
Scruffy outfit

Untidy

Disorganized.
His finances were in an untidy state when he died.

Scruffy

Scurfy.

Untidy

(transitive) To make untidy, to make a mess
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Scruffy

(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".

Untidy

Unseasonable; untimely.

Scruffy

Shabby and untidy;
A surge of ragged scruffy children
He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin

Untidy

Not tidy or neat; slovenly.

Untidy

Not neat and tidy;
Careless and untidy in her personal habits
An untidy living room
Untidy and casual about money

Untidy

Careless and slovenly

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