- Misplaced dagger with rough edges - Rough-edged - Threadbare; unkempt - of Rag - Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;
as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. - Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough;
jagged; as, ragged rocks. - Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.