Something that's ragged is starting to fall apart. When your favorite sweater is getting ragged, it's so worn that the sleeves are fraying.
Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;
Adjective S.
having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"
Adjective S.
worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged"
Adjective S.
being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow''s"; "a ragged tramp"
imp. & p. p.
of Rag
n.
Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;
as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
n.
Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough;
jagged; as, ragged rocks.
n.
Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
n.
Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
n.
Rough; shaggy; rugged.
Ragged
What shepherd owns those ragged sheep ?
Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;
Usage Examples
Like a lot of you, I grew up in a family on the ragged edges of the middle class. My daddy sold carpeting and ended up as a maintenance man. After he had a heart attack, my mom worked the phones at Sears so we could hang on to our house.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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