1
as in eclectic
consisting of many things of different sorts
the team was a ragtag bunch who had only one thing in common: a lack of skill
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as in tattered
wearing torn or worn out clothes
a ragtag and weary regiment arrived back at headquarters with the latest news from the front
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In the spirit of her perfectionist uncle, Rosé worked her ragtag band of musicians relentlessly hard.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
Anyone who has seen Hamilton: An American Musical knows that George Washington’s ragtag Continental army effectively employed this strategy against the larger and better-trained British forces in Boston and Yorktown.
—Michael Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2016
Based on the best-selling video game series of the same name, Borderlands follows a ragtag team of misfits who band together to battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits in the planet of Pandora.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2024
There’s nothing fancy here; a ragtag collection of buildings houses a team of 28 employees that split time working on the Power Wagons and Richardet’s multitude of other ventures.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2024
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
Anyone who has seen Hamilton: An American Musical knows that George Washington’s ragtag Continental army effectively employed this strategy against the larger and better-trained British forces in Boston and Yorktown.
—Michael Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2016
Based on the best-selling video game series of the same name, Borderlands follows a ragtag team of misfits who band together to battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits in the planet of Pandora.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2024
There’s nothing fancy here; a ragtag collection of buildings houses a team of 28 employees that split time working on the Power Wagons and Richardet’s multitude of other ventures.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Ragtag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ragtag. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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