ragged

adj.

1. Tattered, frayed, or torn: ragged clothes.
2. Dressed in tattered or threadbare clothes: a ragged scarecrow.
3. Unkempt or shaggy: ragged hair.
4. Having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline: a column of text set with a ragged right margin.
5. Imperfect; uneven: The actor gave a ragged performance.
6. Harsh; rasping: a ragged cough.

[Middle English, from ragge, rag. See rag¹.]

raggedly rag'ged·ly adv.
raggedness rag'ged·ness n.

adjective

1. Torn into or marked by shreds or tatters: raggedy, tatterdemalion, tattered. See better/worse.
2. Having a surface that is not smooth: coarse, cragged, craggy, harsh, ironbound, jagged, rough, rugged, scabrous, uneven. See smooth/rough.

adj

Definition: worn-out; in shreds
Antonyms: even, kempt, new, smooth

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn

Meaning #2: worn out from stress or strain

Meaning #3: having an irregular outline

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - laset, pjaltet, ujævn, takket, forrevet

idioms:

• run someone ragged    køre træt, køre flad

Nederlands (Dutch)
haveloos, versleten, in lompen gehuld, onregelmatig, met gebreken, met scherpe punten/rand, niet uitgevulde kantlijn, scherp/vals (geluid)

Français (French)
adj. - en loques, dépenaillé, irrégulier, déchiqueté, disparate, inégal

idioms:

• run someone ragged    épuiser qn

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zerlumpt, zerklüftet, zottig

idioms:

• run someone ragged    jmdn. erledigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ακανόνιστος, κουρελιασμένος, τραχύς, απότομος

idioms:

• run someone ragged    εξαντλώ, ξεθεώνω

Italiano (Italian)
cencioso

idioms:

• run someone ragged    esaurire

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - esfarrapado, desigual, áspero

idioms:

• run someone ragged    fazer alguém relaxar

Русский (Russian)
потрепанный, оборванный, разношерстный

idioms:

• run someone ragged    загонять

Español (Spanish)
adj. - andrajoso, harapiento, desigual, mellado

idioms:

• run someone ragged    agotar a uno, dejar exhausto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sliten, raggig, skrovlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
破烂的, 不整洁的, 蓬乱的, 衣衫褴褛的, 粗糙的, 不平的

idioms:

• run someone ragged    使某人精疲力竭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 破爛的, 不整潔的, 蓬亂的, 衣衫襤褸的, 粗糙的, 不平的

idioms:

• run someone ragged    使某人精疲力竭

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 울퉁불퉁한, 덥수룩한, 남루한

idioms:

• run someone ragged    (긴장의 연속으로) 지치게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ぼろぼろの, ぼろを着た, 不完全な, 雑な, ごつごつした, ざらざらの

idioms:

• run someone ragged    疲れ切る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أشعث, مسنن, رث الملابس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרופט, מחוספס, קרוע, מסמורטט, בסחבות, מדובלל, לא מהוקצע, חסר-שלמות‬

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