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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The “Cry Me a River” video captures the L.A. rapper flopping around in a raggedy tent adjoining a rail yard.

From Los Angeles Times

It started with “two shacks on this property. Two raggedy shacks. And look at where we are now,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet his crown was stripped away by his half brother, a swaggering goofball with a raggedy haircut who grew up above the surface.

From New York Times

“They’re just dropping off people anywhere. Do you understand how raggedy and how evil that is?”

From Seattle Times

“Nothing’s getting done. The streets are still raggedy.”

From New York Times