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Scruffy Common

Scruffy has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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".

Adjective
1

shabby and untidy

"a surge of ragged scruffy children"

"he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"

2

Untidy in appearance.