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as in tattered
wearing torn or worn-out clothes
raggedy urchins playing in the village streets
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as in ragged
worn or torn into or as if into rags
wears raggedy old T-shirts and jeans around the house
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Recent Examples of raggedy
The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
And yet, through the brown teeth and the raggedy clothing and the indifference of the opposite sex, Tupac found someone within the long gray hallways whose presence would prove life-changing.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
At the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a raggedy fleet of 15 research vessels are, on average, over 30 years old.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Over the past few years, the ten raggedy courts in Leif Ericson Park, adjacent to Brooklyn’s Eighth Avenue Chinatown, have gone from neglected to absolutely buzzing with energy.
—David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025
And yet, through the brown teeth and the raggedy clothing and the indifference of the opposite sex, Tupac found someone within the long gray hallways whose presence would prove life-changing.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
At the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a raggedy fleet of 15 research vessels are, on average, over 30 years old.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Over the past few years, the ten raggedy courts in Leif Ericson Park, adjacent to Brooklyn’s Eighth Avenue Chinatown, have gone from neglected to absolutely buzzing with energy.
—David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raggedy
Adjective
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But there’s a certain magic in the tattered, the torn, and the un-trashable gear in our closets.—
The Editors,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
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My tattered copy of the book has Ann’s acknowledgements at the front.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Mar. 2026
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And then they have been amped up in a way that still maintains some of that raw sort of ragged edge.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
26 Mar. 2026
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Girlfriend runs on Ives’ ragged and muscular alto, which has the timbre of a lounge singer and the texture of kintsugi.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Raggedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raggedy. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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