adjective (scrappier, scrappiest)
1 consisting of individual sections, events, etc. that are not organized into a whole:
a scrappy essay * The concert was rather a scrappy affair.
2 (especially BrE) not tidy and often of poor quality:
The note was written on a scrappy bit of paper. * The garden was empty apart from a few scrappy shrubs.
seealsoSCRAPn.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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