adjective

1. Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.

   “He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.”

2. Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.

   “The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.”

Synonyms: bedraggled, decrepit, motheaten, tattered, jumbled, motley, patchwork, uneven