RAGGED

[adjective] - not in good condition; torn or unevenThe children were wearing dirty ragged clothes.The bottoms of the legs of my jeans are rather ragged.Two ragged (= untidy and dirty and wearing old torn clothes) children stood outside the station begging for money.Rats had gnawed ragged (= uneven) holes in the rug.This part of the coastline is rather ragged (= uneven).The leaves of this plant have ragged (= uneven) edges.The patient's breathing was ragged (= not regular) and uneven.A ragged (= not organized) line of people were waiting at the bus stop.Ragged can also mean not performing well, because of not being organized.The team were rather ragged in the first half of the match, but improved in the second half.The acting was good, but the play itself was somewhat ragged.