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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

"They are poorly made but look legitimate, and the pressure of Christmas, plus the increase in cost of living creates a greater consumer vulnerability and pushes people towards a cheaper alternative."

From BBC • Nov. 27, 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

But many of the messages about the video highlighted the fact that it was a fake and poked fun at it for being poorly made, Makukhin said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2022

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

poorly made

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