raggedness

raggedness
ragged ADJECTIVE 1) (of cloth or clothes) old and torn. 2) wearing ragged clothes. 3) rough or irregular. 4) lacking finish, smoothness, or uniformity. 5) suffering from exhaustion or stress.
run someone ragged — Cf. ↑run someone ragged
DERIVATIVES raggedly adverb raggedness noun raggedy adjective (informal, chiefly N. Amer. ).
ORIGIN Scandinavian.

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  • Raggedness — Ragged Rag ged (r[a^]g g[e^]d), a. [From {Rag}, n.] 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. [1913 Webster] 2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • raggedness — noun see ragged …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • raggedness — See raggedly. * * * …   Universalium

  • raggedness — noun The characteristic of being ragged …   Wiktionary

  • Raggedness — Неровность; шероховатость …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • raggedness — rægɪdnɪs n. shabbiness, state of being tattered and torn …   English contemporary dictionary

  • raggedness — rag·ged·ness …   English syllables

  • raggedness — noun 1. a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven • Syn: ↑roughness • Ant: ↑smoothness (for: ↑roughness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ragged, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • coarseness — noun 1. language or humor that is down to earth the saltiness of their language was inappropriate self parody and saltiness riddled their core genre • Syn: ↑saltiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑salty (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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