Definitions

raggedy

[rag-i-dee] / ˈræg ɪ di /

ADJECTIVE

tattered

Synonyms

WEAK

badly dressed badly worn battered broken dilapidated frayed frazzled full of holes in rags in shreds in tatters moth-eaten poorly made ragged ripped rugged scraggy seedy shabby shaggy shoddy tatterdemalion threadbare torn torn to pieces unkempt

Example Sentences

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But in a deliberately raggedy film, we find a raggedy man.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Post-surf burritos Now I’ll probably be in a raggedy flannel top and some track pants and some Birkenstocks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025

I had a golf tee time booked for Thursday afternoon at Wilson Golf Course, a beloved if sometimes raggedy course that the city runs in Griffith Park, near me.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2025

She was referring to a raggedy but reliable 2007 Kia Sedona missing its middle seat.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Then, softly, surely, an angel’s voice broke through the tumult, offering a place for that raggedy mix of voices to land.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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