[ adj ] lacking neatness or order <adj.all> the old man's scraggly bearda scraggly little path to the door
But others knew Purdy as the high school drop-out described in one police report as dangerous and suffering from "mild mental retardation." Some saw him when he was down and out, with a scraggly beard and ragged clothes.
Boesky caused a stir in November when he was photographed by a New York tabloid in Stamford, Conn., with shoulder-length gray hair and a long, scraggly beard.