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scrubby

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scrub·by  (skrb)
adj. scrub·bi·er, scrub·bi·est
1. Covered with or consisting of scrub or underbrush.
2. Straggly or stunted.
3. Paltry or shabby; wretched.
scrubbi·ly adv.
scrubbi·ness n.
scrubby
Adjective
[-bier, -biest]
1. (of land) rough, dry, and covered with scrub
2. (of plants) stunted
3. Brit informal shabby or untidy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.scrubby - sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush; "open scrubby woods"
scrabbly
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"
stunted, scrawny
inferior - of low or inferior quality


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How long do you think it'll be before he gets tired of a scrubby room in a scrubby hotel?
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I remembered her tripping briskly about the dining-room on her high heels, carrying a big trayful of dishes, glancing rather pertly at the spruce travelling men, and contemptuously at the scrubby ones-- who were so afraid of her that they didn't dare to ask for two kinds of pie.
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