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poorly made

ADJECTIVE
ragged
Synonyms
STRONG
battered broken dilapidated disorganized fragmented frayed frazzled jagged mean notched patched rent rough serrated shredded torn
WEAK
badly dressed badly worn contemptible crude desultory dingy down-at-the-heel full of holes in holes in rags in tatters irregular moth-eaten poor rugged scraggy seedy shabby shaggy shoddy tacky tattered tatty threadbare uneven unfinished unkempt unpressed worse for wear
Antonyms
STRONG
complete even fixed nice polite smooth
WEAK
kempt new
ADJECTIVE
raggedy
Synonyms
WEAK
badly dressed badly worn battered broken dilapidated frayed frazzled full of holes in rags in shreds in tatters moth-eaten ragged ripped rugged scraggy seedy shabby shaggy shoddy tatterdemalion threadbare torn torn to pieces unkempt
ADJECTIVE
tatterdemalion
Synonyms
STRONG
shoddy
WEAK
badly dressed badly worn battered broken dilapidated frayed frazzled full of holes in rags in shreds in tatters moth-eaten ragged raggedy ripped rugged scraggy seedy shabby shaggy threadbare torn torn to pieces unkempt
ADJECTIVE
tattered
Synonyms
STRONGEST
battered dilapidated frayed ripped shabby threadbare torn
WEAK
badly dressed badly worn broken frazzled full of holes in rags in shreds in tatters moth-eaten rugged scraggy seedy shaggy shoddy torn to pieces unkempt

Example Sentences

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Characters in the first film all-out derided things that were poorly made for the sake of consumer attention.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

Despite its exterior Carrara marble surfaces, the building looks lightweight and poorly made.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

When the dresses arrived weeks later they were poorly made of flimsy material and "looked awful".

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

“Many ‘natural wines’ are poorly made and difficult to enjoy with a palate used to modern, clean winemaking.”

From National Geographic • Jul. 20, 2023

The map is poorly made; there is a great peak visible to the west not shown on it at all, and it is all out of proportion.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin