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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
Three little raggedy boys sit in a row pressed against each other on a mound of rubble in front of a worn plastered brick wall in 1915 in Esztergom, Hungary, Kertész’s homeland.
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Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
On multiple occasions, in fact, Hailey would step out in an elegant mini and pumps, and her husband would be wearing raggedy jeans and a bulky hoodie.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025
What will Mayor Brandon Johnson’s playbook be against ‘raggedy’ Trump White House?
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
We, like Eric Bogosian’s raggedy journalist Daniel Molloy, must be seduced by Louis’s tale.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
On multiple occasions, in fact, Hailey would step out in an elegant mini and pumps, and her husband would be wearing raggedy jeans and a bulky hoodie.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025
What will Mayor Brandon Johnson’s playbook be against ‘raggedy’ Trump White House?
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
We, like Eric Bogosian’s raggedy journalist Daniel Molloy, must be seduced by Louis’s tale.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raggedy
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In the artwork, the 29-year-old is wearing a tattered white gown and a bright yellow parachute that is caught in a tree with a serene, blue sky in the background.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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The emperor died immediately, and afterward his assassins dragged his tattered remains through the streets of Haiti’s future capital.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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The architecture matches the vibe; there's bloodlust in the air and even among the ragged fans who camp along the road outside.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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But what really won the people over is the intensely conditioning formula that transforms dry, ragged cuticles with a potent blend of black algae, açai berry, and black caviar extract.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Raggedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raggedy. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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