Ragtag

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

A ragtag group of protesters marched on the capital.

He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.

The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.

Near-synonym: ragbag

The small group of ragtags, who had followed him to the cave a day prior had arrived and kept a short distance away.