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ragtag

How to use ragtag in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for ragtag.

Editorial note

Its a ragtag group of crooks unified under the portrait of Putin.

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Quick take

disparaging terms for the common people

Meaning at a glance

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noun

disparaging terms for the common people

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ragtag.

noun

disparaging terms for the common people

Example sentences

1

Its a ragtag group of crooks unified under the portrait of Putin.

2

It just proved that US was better at targeted killing than Al Caida or whatever that ragtag bunch was called.

3

The future is an unknown and hey, maybe the MOD does want a ragtag bunch of IT admin staff to partake in military operations.

4

I assume you're making the argument that a ragtag bunch of rebels wouldn't have a chance standing against an empire armed to the teeth with the latest war machines.

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What chance does a ragtag team of people from various backgrounds working part time on a open source project have against a determined enemy with billions in funding and hordes of PHDs working full time with single goal of violating privacy of netizens.

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The argument some have made is the supporting Dart is much more complex than supporting Coffeescript and it will be hard for an entirely ragtag open source community effort to back it up without serious corporate involvement from one or more sources.

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How do you use ragtag in a sentence?

Its a ragtag group of crooks unified under the portrait of Putin.

What does ragtag mean?

disparaging terms for the common people

What part of speech is ragtag?

ragtag is commonly used as noun.