ragtag

Etymology

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

adj

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.

noun

1. 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, Casper Parks, Ages Past: The Isolation, page 258