ragged

Universal Words adjective 1 (of clothes) old and torn: a ragged jacket 2 (of people) wearing old or torn clothes: ragged children 3 having an outline, edge or surface that is not straight or even: ragged clouds * a ragged coastline 4 not smooth or controlled: I could hear the sound of his ragged breathing. * Their performance was still very ragged. 5 (informal) very tired, especially after physical effort raggedly adverb: raggedly dressed * She was breathing raggedly. raggedness noun [U] IDIOMS run sb ragged (informal) to make sb do a lot of work or make a big effort so that they become tired: For 20 minutes the other team ran us ragged.