spretig

Swedish

spreta +‎ -ig (“-y”)

spretig (comparative spretigare, superlative spretigast)

sticking out (in different directions), sprawling, (of hair or a plant or the like) straggly
en spretig buske
a straggly plant

spretigt hår
straggly hair
(figuratively) unfocused, going all over the place
ett spretigt föredrag
an unfocused talk

Inflection of spretig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	spretig	spretigare	spretigast
Neuter singular	spretigt	spretigare	spretigast
Plural	spretiga	spretigare	spretigast
Masculine plural³	spretige	spretigare	spretigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	spretige	spretigare	spretigaste
All	spretiga	spretigare	spretigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic