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What is the adjective for scrubs?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb scrub which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

scrubbed
  1. (surgery) With hands washed according to operating room protocol and wearing sterile gown and sterile gloves.
  2. Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. clean, spotless, cleansed, cleaned, washed, immaculate, pristine, polished, sparkling, speckless, unblemished, unstained, unsullied, dirtless, gleaming, laundered, sanitised, sanitized, squeaky, stainless, taintless, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, clean as a new pin, dirt-free, flawless, laved, showered, spic and span, spic-and-span, spick and span, spick-and-span, sponged, squeaky clean, squeaky-clean, untarnished, as clean as a whistle, apple-pie order, neat as a button, neat as a pin, orderly, shining, shipshape, tidy, well-kept, antiseptic, chaste, fair, pure … more
scrubby
  1. Covered with or consisting of scrub.
  2. Inferior in size or quality.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. bushy, shrubby, brushy, jungly, leafy, bristling, bristly, prickly, brushlike, tufted, squalid, mangy, rundown, scruffy, shabby, tatty, decrepit, deteriorated, dingy, grungy, ragged, seedy, shoddy, tattered, worn, wretched, bedraggled, desolate, deteriorating, dilapidated, dumpy, mean, miserable, neglected, pitiful, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, threadbare, tumbledown, decaying, ruined, slipshod, timeworn, crummy, decayed, degenerated … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “One upflung arm, spread-fingered and beseeching, was caught among the branches of a scrubby bush.”
      “How long do you think it'll be before he gets tired of a scrubby room in a scrubby hotel?”
      “To most of them, he looked to be just a scrubby little pup with a flat tail.”
scrub
  1. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. stunted, small, diminutive, tiny, little, short, undersized, pygmy, puny, dwarfish, bantam, wee, undersize, shrimpy, dinky, smallish, runty, dwarf, peewee, shrimp, baby, runtish, dwarfed, peanut, measly, pygmaean, mite, runted, shot, pint-sized, fun size, pint-size, half-pint, small fry … more
scrubbable
  1. Suitable for being scrubbed.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. washable, launderable, cleanable, cleansable, lavable, rinsable, rinseable, wipable, wipeable, batheable, scourable, spongeable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “These wallpapers are classified as scrubbable and strippable, and are suitable in most any area.”
      “When I put my dog in the car I have a scrubbable tray in the boot, which is perfectly effective and a lot cheaper.”
      “Gloss finishes are shiny and scrubbable, so they are perfect for doors, trim and specialty uses.”
scrubbier
  1. comparative form of scrubby: more scrubby
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bushier, shrubbier, brushier, junglier, leafier, bristlier, pricklier, more bristling, more brushlike, squalider, mangier, scruffier, shabbier, tattier, dingier, grungier, seedier, shoddier, wretcheder, dumpier, meaner, miserabler, pitifuller, rattier, ricketier, sleazier, tackier, crummier, more decrepit, more ragged, more worn, more bedraggled, more desolate, more deteriorating, more dilapidated, more neglected, more ramshackle, more tatterdemalion, more threadbare, more tumbledown, more ruined, more slipshod, more timeworn, more decayed, more beat-up, more broken-down, more moth-eaten, more bombed-out, more dog-eared, scuzzier … more
scrubbiest
  1. superlative form of scrubby: most scrubby
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bushiest, shrubbiest, brushiest, jungliest, leafiest, bristliest, prickliest, most bristling, most brushlike, squalidest, mangiest, scruffiest, shabbiest, tattiest, dingiest, grungiest, seediest, shoddiest, wretchedest, dumpiest, meanest, miserablest, pitifullest, rattiest, ricketiest, sleaziest, tackiest, crummiest, most decrepit, most ragged, most worn, most bedraggled, most desolate, most deteriorating, most dilapidated, most neglected, most ramshackle, most tatterdemalion, most threadbare, most tumbledown, most ruined, most slipshod, most timeworn, most decayed, most beat-up, most broken-down, most moth-eaten, most worn-out, most bombed-out, most dog-eared … more
scrubbing
  1. present participle of scrub
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rubbing, scouring, brushing, swabbing, burnishing, exfoliating, abrading, scrubbing down, wiping, mopping, sponging, washing, daubing, squeegeeing, dabbing, swabbing down, buffing, polishing, cleaning, furbishing, cleansing, shining, sanding, flushing, whitening, purging, dighting, pumicing, buffing up, rasping, filing, grinding, honing, sandpapering, rubbing up, rinsing, deterging, laving, sanitising, sanitizing, purifying, decontaminating, sterilising, sterilizing … more
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