Definitions for raggedness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

rag•gedˈræg ɪd(adj.)

  1. clothed in tattered garments.

  2. torn or worn to rags; tattered.

  3. having loose or hanging shreds or fragmentary bits.

  4. full of rough or sharp projections.

  5. in a wild or neglected state.

  6. rough, imperfect, or faulty.

  7. harsh, as the voice.

rag′ged•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. roughness, raggedness(noun)

    a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven

  2. raggedness(noun)

    shabbiness by virtue of being in rags

Wiktionary

  1. raggedness(Noun)

    The characteristic of being ragged.


Translations for raggedness

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

raggedness(noun)

rough or uneven; not straight or smooth

a ragged edge.

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