ragtag

English - Turkish

Definition of ragtag in English Turkish dictionary

ayaktakımı

ragtag and bobtail ayaktakımı

ayaktakım

(isim) ayaktakımı

Related Terms

ragtag and bobtail

ayak takımı

ragtag and bobtail

aşağı tabaka

ragtag and bobtail

ayaktakımı

English - English

Definition of ragtag in English English dictionary

Very diverse; comprised of irregular and dissimilar components

The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.

Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair

He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.

If you want to say that a group of people or an organization is badly organized and not very respectable, you can describe it as a ragtag group or organization. We started out with a little rag-tag team of 30 people. a ragtag group is not tidy or properly organized (rag + tag)

disparaging terms for the common people

{i} rabble, mob, riffraff, masses

Related Terms

ragtag and bobtail

The lowest social class; the rabble

ragtag and bobtail

{i} mob, riffraff, ordinary people, hoi polloi, masses, rabble

Hyphenation

rag·tag

Turkish pronunciation

rägtäg

Synonyms

bedraggled, decrepit, motheaten, tattered, motley, jumbled, patchwork, uneven

Pronunciation

/ˈragˌtag/ /ˈræɡˌtæɡ/

Etymology

[ 'rag-"tag ] (adjective.) 1882. ragtag and bobtail.