straggly
Thin and untidy
Straggly describes things that spread or hang in an untidy, irregular way.
Hair that's straggly is thin and unkempt, sticking out at odd angles: Her straggly gray hair hadn't been brushed in days.
Plants grow straggly when they're sparse and scraggly rather than full and healthy.
A straggly line of people straggle along without order or cohesion.
Untidy in appearance
- messyLacking order or neatness
- untidyLacking neatness or order
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
- bedraggledWet, dirty, untidy
unkempt · raggedy · tousled · windswept · matted · tangled · snarled · knotted
Not smooth or balanced
- raggedWorn to shreds
- trailingFollowing behind something
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- randomOccurring without pattern
haphazard · wayward · erratic · disorganized · meandering · dispersed · strung-out · lagging
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
bedraggled · unkempt · raggedy · tousled · windswept · matted · tangled · snarled · knotted · wispy
uneven
Not smooth or balanced
random · haphazard · wayward · erratic · disorganized · meandering · dispersed · strung-out · lagging · drawn-out
thin
Small in diameter
sparse · scattered · wispy · threadbare · balding · thinning · spotty · gappy · uneven · bare
weedy
Overgrown with unwanted plants
wild · bushy · leggy · wayward · uncontrolled · rambling · unkempt · rank · neglected · untended
- decayrot, decay rate, wilt, crumble, decomposition