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rag·ged
 (r  g   d)
KEY
ADJECTIVE:
- Tattered, frayed, or torn:
ragged clothes.
- Dressed in tattered or threadbare clothes:
a ragged scarecrow.
- Unkempt or shaggy:
ragged hair.
- Having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline:
a column of text set with a ragged right margin.
- Imperfect; uneven:
The actor gave a ragged performance.
- Harsh; rasping:
a ragged cough.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from ragge, rag ; see
rag
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OTHER FORMS:
rag ged·ly
(Adverb),
rag ged·ness
(Noun)
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