Definition of "ragtag"

ragtag

adjective
comparative more ragtag, superlative most ragtag
1. Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
2. Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.
noun
plural ragtags
1. A shabby, unkempt person.
  Quotations
  The small group of ragtags, who had followed him to the cave a day prior had arrived and kept a short distance away.
  2013, Casper Parks, Ages Past: The Isolation, page 258