Ragtag

Common synonyms include: disorganized, heterogeneous, ill-equipped unit, improvised force, irregular, makeshift army.

adj, noun

adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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."

"A ragtag group of anarchists is squatting in abandoned buildings in Boston."

From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.