straggly

Modifies a noun

• plant: Bright red, glossy, Bittersweet berries have ripened on a straggly plant growing by a broken wall at the roadside.
• beard: Despite his long wild hair and straggly beard he projects a sense of wisdom and serenity.
• tree: A straggly tree with a severe list to the left graced one corner of the room.
• bush: Large straggly gorse bush, in line with Lee Moor mast, 10p south.
• hairdo: It's got a photo of me on it sporting a straggly curtains hairdo like a 90s boyband member.
• shrub: It needs to - it's a very boring, straggly little shrub for the rest of the year.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: Flowers: April to June A common, rather straggly perennial creeping plant with weak square stems.

Used with adjective complement

• become: The cuttings will also need a lot of light to prevent them becoming straggly.
• go: This needs to be pruned regularly throughout the summer to keep it from going straggly.
• get: The aforementioned haircut treatment also helps to prevent a plant getting straggly.