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

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

He said one part was warm water, another was that the winds — moving in the right direction and at the right altitude — allowed a somewhat raggedy storm to rapidly develop structure and strengthen.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

She hoisted another heave, contorting her arc into a raggedy spiral of a thing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2023

Then pointing down at my raggedy regular sneakers, he added, "In those."

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds

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