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ragtag
ragtag
adjective
Definition of RAGTAG
1
consisting of many things of different sorts <the team was a ragtag bunch who had only one thing in common: a lack of skill>
Synonyms assorted, eclectic, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kitchen-sink, magpie, mixed, motley, patchwork, piebald, promiscuous, raggle-taggle, ragtag, varied
Related Words manifold, multifarious; multiple, multiplex, myriad; disparate, divergent, diverse, sundry, various; chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, farraginous, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled; amalgamated, blended, combined, commingled, commixed, conglomerated, fused, incorporated, intermingled, intermixed, merged, mingled; composite, conglomerate, hybrid; unclassified, unsorted
Near Antonyms monolithic, uniform; alike, identical, like, same; distinct, distinctive, individual, separate
Antonyms homogeneous
2
wearing torn or worn out clothes <a ragtag and weary regiment arrived back at headquarters with the latest news from the front>
Related Words bedraggled, scroungy, scruffy, shabby, threadbare; down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels)
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