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adjective

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The correct spelling is ragtag. Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair. For example: "He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it."

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He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.

The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.

Definition

adjective

  1. 1.Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
  2. 2.Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.

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