scraggly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscragglyscrag‧gly /ˈskræɡəli/ adjective informal UNTIDYgrowing in a way that looks uneven and in bad condition his scraggly gray beardExamples from the Corpusscraggly• a scraggly beard• There are singles, pairs, and scraggly groups of up to a dozen coming from various directions.• These and other shrubs were interspersed with small, scraggly larch and black spruce trees.• We crossed Main Street and went into a little park, sat on a wooden bench under a huge scraggly tree.scraggly ... beard• Rip rubbed his chin, and noticed that he had a long, scraggly beard.