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

After every test, a tough lump like poorly made fufu formed in my throat and stayed there until our exercise books came back.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

poorly made

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