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How to pronounce raggedness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms roughness
Type of texture
Has types bristliness, bumpiness, burl, coarseness, graininess, granularity, harshness, knot, nubbiness, prickliness, scaliness, scratchiness, tweediness, slub, spininess, thorniness, abrasiveness, shagginess
Derivation ragged
Type Words
Type of seediness, shabbiness, manginess, sleaziness
Derivation ragged

Examples of raggedness

raggedness
What occasional raggedness there was felt more like celebration and personality.
From the suntimes.com
There was little to fault musically, apart from passing raggedness in frenetic ensembles.
From the nzherald.co.nz
This is tricky because it really has been a concert of raggedness that's grounded the Cardinals.
From the stltoday.com
The inevitable holiday theme and occasional raggedness in Marc's voice led to a far less interesting concert than her last appearance there, in 2004.
From the washingtonpost.com
A proper script might have pulled it together, lent it a shape beyond the chronological plod, but even in its raggedness there's much to absorb.
From the independent.co.uk
It makes a bad impression on the non-linguist, but there's nothing the least bit remarkable about such raggedness in compromise dialects.
From the en.wikipedia.org
McVicar's firm hand was absent from this revival, however, and some raggedness crept in at the start as the singers struggled to keep time with each other or the orchestra.
From the express.co.uk
More examples
  • Roughness: a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
  • Shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
  • The characteristic of being ragged