1. covered with or consisting of small, stunted trees or bushes
2. small and inferior in size or quality
3. shabby or unkempt in appearance
Usage: informal

Examples

• The scrubby vegetation covered the hillside.
• Only scrubby bushes could survive in the harsh desert climate.
• The scrubby little tree barely reached my waist.
• He looked scrubby after camping for a week without a shower.
• The scrubby landscape stretched for miles in every direction.
• She planted flowers to replace the scrubby weeds in her garden.
• The scrubby beard made him look older than his years.