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rag⋅ged

  [rag-id]
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–adjective
1. clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
2. torn or worn to rags; tattered: ragged clothing.
3. shaggy, as an animal, its coat, etc.
4. having loose or hanging shreds or fragmentary bits: a ragged wound.
5. full of rough or sharp projections; jagged: ragged stones.
6. in a wild or neglected state: a ragged garden.
7. rough, imperfect, or faulty: a ragged piece of work.
8. harsh, as sound, the voice, etc.
9. (of a column of type) set or printed with one side unjustified; either flush left with the right side unjustified (ragged right) or flush right with the left side unjustified (ragged left).
Origin:
1250–1300; ME ragget. See rag 1 , -ed 3

Related forms:
rag⋅ged⋅ly, adverb
rag⋅ged⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. shabby, poor. 2. shredded, rent.

Antonyms:
1. neat.
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Word Origin & History

ragged 
"rough, shaggy," c.1300, from rag (n.), but earliest use is not directly from the main sense of that word and may reflect a broader, older meaning. Of clothes, c.1325; of persons, c.1375. Raggedy Ann doll first attested 1918.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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