scrappy

4 definitions • 7 examples

badly organized or put together:

I'm afraid your last essay was a very scrappy piece of work.

We were scrappy in the first half and deserved to lose.

untidy and not very attractive or well developed:

They live on a scrappy street in a poor part of town.

a patch of scrappy bushes by the front door

having a strong, determined character, and willing to argue or fight for what you want:

a scrappy little kid who won't take no for an answer

Big companies are losing market share to scrappy smaller operators.

very competitive and willing to oppose others without fear to achieve something:

They were a scrappy team – you had to go all out to beat them.