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n. - Shabbiness by virtue of being in rags; A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven.

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  • Adjective : a ragged old man. ,ragged clothing. ,a ragged wound. ,ragged stones. ,a ragged garden. ,a ragged piece of work
  • But the same tendencies, together with a sort of raggedness which is no doubt intentional, weaken his epigrams and polemical poems.
  • The reason behind the raggedness soon became apparent.
  • He could hear the raggedness of the deep breath she took.
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