Scruffy vs. Untidy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scruffy and Untidy
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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.
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Untidy
Disorderly and unorganized
Untidy financial affairs.
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
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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