As adjectives the difference between slovenly and scruffy
is that slovenly is having an untidy appearance; unkempt while scruffy is untidy in appearance.
As a noun scruffy is
{{cx|informal|lang=en}} 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".
slovenly
English
Adjective
(er)
Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
Careless or negligent; sloppy.
Unwashed, dirty, disorderly.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* slovenliness
scruffy
English
Adjective
(er)
untidy in appearance
Related terms
* scruffiness
See also
* scruff
Noun
(scruffies)
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".