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in holes

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 rags in tatters irregular moth-eaten poor poorly made 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

Example Sentences

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His voice echoed in the damp tunnel where the spent nuclear fuel will be buried in holes drilled into the bedrock, where it will remain harmfully radioactive for thousands of years.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Jenny Paterson spent three-and-a-half hours using a rake, spade and bucket to fill in holes on a rutted section of Bridge Street in Halkirk, Caithness.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

Her doctoral research, for example, required her to climb trees to study birds that nest in holes.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 8, 2023

Snipping away was sometimes literal by Piccioli — like in holes down the sides of pants or vertical cutouts down a lime tunic.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2022

News clip after news clip fills in holes and at the same time creates new ones.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

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