ragged
/ˈɹæɡɪd/ adjective C1- In tatters, having the texture broken. · a ragged coat· a ragged sail
- Having rough edges; jagged or uneven · ragged rocks
- Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
- Wearing tattered clothes. · a ragged person
- Rough; shaggy; rugged.
- Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
- Performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
- Of a data structure: having uneven levels. · a ragged hierarchy· a ragged array, consisting of a number of arrays of varying size
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The moon was sinking behind the hills and the lines of trembling monkeys huddled together on the walls and battlements looked like ragged shaky fringes of things.
“It’s the Baker Street division of the detective police force,” said my companion, gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs that ever I clapped eyes on.
When he reached the crest I saw the ragged uncouth figure outlined for an instant against the cold blue sky.
Large drops of perspiration were now standing on his brow, while the garments that hung about him were so ragged that one could only guess at the pattern upon which they had originally been fashioned.
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