scruffy

See also: Scruffy

English

Etymology

scruff + -y

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈskɹʌf.i/
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  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈskɹaf.i/
  • Rhymes: -ʌfi

Adjective

scruffy (comparative scruffier, superlative scruffiest)

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

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Noun

scruffy (plural scruffies)

  1. (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".
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