straggly

Definitions of straggly
  1. adjective
    growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly
    “straggly ivy”
    synonyms:
    distributed
    spread out or scattered about or divided up
  2. adjective
    spreading out in different directions
    “straggly hair”
    synonyms: rambling, sprawling, straggling
    untidy
    not neat and tidy
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