ragtag adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •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. •Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists. noun1 •A shabby, unkempt person.The small group of ragtags, who had followed him to the cave a day prior had arrived and kept a short distance away. — 2013 formsragtags · more ragtag · most ragtag