As adjectives the difference between scruffy and unkempt
is that scruffy is untidy in appearance while unkempt is dishevelled; untidy; dirty; not kept up.
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".
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".
unkempt
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
dishevelled; untidy; dirty; not kept up
Synonyms
* dishevelled
* slovenly