Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    ветхийvetxij

  2. Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.

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

    разношёрстныйraznošórstnyj

Examples

2 sentences
  1. A ragtag group of protesters marched on the capital.

    ruРазношёрстная группа протестующих направилась к столице. — Wezel

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  2. A ragtag group of anarchists is squatting in abandoned buildings in Boston.

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair:
very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components:

Origin

From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.

From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.

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Forms

more ragtag, most ragtag
Comparativemore ragtag Lesson
Superlativemost ragtag Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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