raggedness
- n a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- n shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
- There was no raggedness when, partly as a taunt to Nazi Germany, he led them through a scherzo by Jewish Felix Mendelssohn.
- There is no way of escaping immediate diagnosis when faced with what King Lear called "loop'd and window'd raggedness.
- But its deliberate raggedness reflects Tweedy's newfound confidence in both his writing and the band's musicianship.