scrabbly

Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around.

Covered in loose rocks or crumbling soil.

Difficult to negotiate; requiring scrambling.

Scribbly.

Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.

Of poor quality; poorly maintained.

Characterized by sparse, stunted vegetation, infertile.

Stunted.

Sparse and scraggly.

Impoverished, hardscrabble

Having a rough texture; scratchy.

Rough, poor and uncultured.