ragged

Meanings

Adjective

• In tatters, having the texture broken.
• Having rough edges; jagged or uneven
• Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
• Wearing tattered clothes.
• 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.

Verb

• Past of rag

Origin

• From Middle English ragged, from North Germanic. Compare with Old Norse rǫgvaðr ("tufted") and Norwegian ragget ("shaggy").
• From rag