mangy

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  1. adjective Affected with, caused by, or resembling mange.
  2. adjective Having many worn spots; shabby: a mangy old fur coat.
  3. adjective Rundown and filthy; squalid: mangy tenements.

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  • Despite routinely being described as "scruffy, mangy," and "elfin," Spade has dated the likes of —  RadarOnline.com
  • Their thrown-together (and incongruous) charm was more reminiscent of St. Patrick's Day parade volunteers - marching and waving in mangy, ill-fitting Bugs Bunny (or Tweety Bird) costumes - than polished products of the world's largest fast-food chain. —  Irish Blogs
  • And these are not healthy animals, they are skinny, mangy, anemic, malnourished and suffer from parasitism and erlichia among many other things. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • I bet you have all sorts of mangy, dirty bugs and errors! —  News - Playfuls.com - Play your life! - Online Gaming Portal
  • I mean, all they have to do is scrounge the nearest back alley for a mangy mutt. —  The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories
 

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/ˈmeɪndʒi/
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