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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
Women were very fashionable in Cairo and never dared go out in raggedy clothes.
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Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Watch when your raggedy TV works, anyway.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 6 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for raggedy
Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Watch when your raggedy TV works, anyway.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 6 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raggedy
Adjective
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On May 16 came a bright pink ballgown complete with an oversized bow and a tattered hoop skirt.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
24 May 2026
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Trump then asks how Epstein, in tattered, bloody clothes and a chain around his neck, is enjoying heaven.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2026
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Kristen Stewart has sported every short hairstyle worth mentioning, but this impossibly ragged, exaggerated mullet feels like the correct choice for a grunge girl summer.—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
27 May 2026
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Reflecting on these piercing paradoxes, Dusabejambo’s narrative (co-written with Delphine Agut) cannot but be shaped by them; there are no simple resolutions for a reality defined by ruptures and ragged edges.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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“Raggedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raggedy. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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