Ragtag
Ragtag adjective - Wearing torn or worn out clothes.
Usage example: a ragtag and weary regiment arrived back at headquarters with the latest news from the front
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The Night Watch were the ones too scruffy, ugly, incompetent, awkwardly shaped, or bloody-minded for the Day Watch.
Source: Discworld / Night Watch
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