ragtag

comparative more ragtag · superlative most ragtag · alternative rag-tag

1. Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.

   He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.

   Synonyms: bedraggled, decrepit, motheaten, tattered

2. Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.

   The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.

   Synonyms: motley, jumbled, patchwork, uneven

plural ragtags · alternative rag-tag

1. A shabby, unkempt person.

   Near-synonym: ragbag

   1 more example

   The small group of ragtags, who had followed him to the cave a day prior had arrived and kept a short distance away.

   2013, Casper Parks, Ages Past: The Isolation, page 258

   Synonyms: ragbag