ragtag

/ˈrægˌtæg/ adj

Definition

› consisting of parts or pieces that are in no particular order or system: They put together a ragtag team for a third of the cost of the Yankees and they won it all.

(Definition of ragtag adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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