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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 raggedness
 破爛;粗糙;崎嶇

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rag·ged a.
 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
 2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.
 3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.] “A ragged noise of mirth.”
 4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
 5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.
    What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?   --Dryden.
 Ragged lady Bot., the fennel flower (Nigella Damascena).
 Ragged robin Bot., a plant of the genus Lychnis (Lychnis Flos-cuculi), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes.
 Ragged sailor Bot., prince's feather (Polygonum orientale).
 Ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.]
 -- Rag*ged*ly, adv. -- Rag*ged*ness, n.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 raggedness
      n : shabbiness by virtue of being in rags