ragtag.
Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
Meaning & usage
Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.
Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.
The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.
Where this word comes from
From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.
A shabby, unkempt person.
Where this word comes from
From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.
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