ragtag
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5.4
- adjective
- /ˈræɡˌtæɡ/
- Informal
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variopinto
- Little does Brad know, but this ragtag group will eventually become his family.
- a ragtag group
Look at this ragtag group of bus builders.
- Look at this ragtag group of bus builders.
- So what I loved was we were a ragtag group of enthusiasts, you know, like hobbyists.
- Prior to that, it was pretty much ragtag training, and not that it wasn't good training, but it wasn't very organized.
Examples
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I've never been associated with such a ragtag production!
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The driver stopped the 4x4 DOE cruiser at the cattle gate where a ragtag army of protesters lined the road.
Fiction book (1993) -
Let's show him what this ragtag team can do.
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Mass Effect is the story of a group effort, of a ragtag squad of soldiers on an impossible mission.
Blog text (21) -
Look at this ragtag group of bus builders.
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It's another ragtag group of girls trying to start their own sorority.
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The humans are a ragtag guerrilla army.
Fiction book (1991) -
So what I loved was we were a ragtag group of enthusiasts, you know, like hobbyists.
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It appears the offspring of the Hanson brothers are making their first appearance as part of this ragtag team.
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The event featured a ragtag assembly of musicians, each with their own distinct style.
Synonyms
21
6.1
Having messy hair, clothes, or things around them
Antonyms
Idioms
How Disorganized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ragtag comes from the two older words rag ('torn cloth') and tag ('small, worn piece'), so it originally meant made of odd scraps and tatters. That's why ragtag now describes a messy, mixed, or poorly dressed group or collection.