Definition of "scruffiness" []

• The state or condition of being scruffy; untidiness. (noun)

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• "A failure by schools to insist on proper standards of neatness in uniform - not an impossible task, it is done in every workplace - has led to a culture of scruffiness, which is usually accompanied by low academic results."
• "Prepare yourself ladies, if you take your significant other, especially if he sports a de rigueur chic almost-beard, to C&A, you are giving free license to a major escalation in general scruffiness."
• "His scruffiness added to his allure – my Dad used to maintain he would roll around in the goal area before kick-off, purely so he could attain an appropriate level of physical shabbiness."