Scrubby

//ˈskɹʌbi// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Diminutive of scrubber: a small scrubber for light washing tasks. diminutive, form-of

    "dish scrubby"

  2. 2
    a loofah. informal
Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered with or consisting of scrub.

    "a scrubby landscape"

  2. 2
    Inferior in size or quality.

    "scrubby crops"

Adjective
  1. 1
    inferior in size or quality wordnet
  2. 2
    sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
abjectabominableafforestationalarboraryarborealarboreous

Example

More examples

"This sort of literary slop-work will not suffice for your walking in the roads of life to any good purpose. It is bad work. It is scrubby work."

Etymology

From scrub + -y.

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