ragged
IPA: rˈægʌd
adjective
- In tatters, having the texture broken.
- Having rough edges; jagged or uneven
- Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
- Wearing tattered clothes.
- Rough; shaggy; rugged.
- Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
- (music) Performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
- (computing) Of a data structure: having uneven levels.
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Examples of "ragged" in Sentences
- He screamed, letting the sound die out in ragged sobbing.
- They look like miniature chimney sweeps in ragged clothes.
- They stand at attention, chests heaving, sucking down air in ragged gasps.
- Agincourt.] [Footnote IV. 16: _Their ragged curtains poorly are let loose, _] By their _ragged curtains_, are meant their colours.]
- And even if the heroine, having lost most of her garments, is in ragged, but utterly charming deshabille, she never forgets she is a lady.
- The columns are designed with what we call ragged right -- a different design than news stories -- to help differentiate between column and news.
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