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Slovenly vs Scruffy - What's the difference?

slovenly | scruffy |

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.

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    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".