jagged
adjective
having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag.
jaggedness
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a word derived from
jagged.
Example Sentences
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But ask AI to navigate the more-contextual work that fills most of a workday, and the jaggedness shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Although a few zealots took issue with Dever’s selection, she lends the right proportion of jaggedness and focus to a complicated figure that needs to sustain our interest for the long term.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025
The writing is funnier and more poignant, the ensemble has gelled and the tonal jaggedness that plagued the previous season has been smoothed out.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022
Fiennes brings a wonderful maturity and complexity to the role: a jaggedness, a simmering amour propre, a neurotic obsessiveness, an importunate yearning.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2021
The crags loomed on all sides, all their jaggedness lost after a million years of erosion under an ocean that was gone.
From The Eternal Wall by Raymond Z. Gallun
