as in jagged
notched or toothed along the edge a saw-toothed barrette

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jagged
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  • Bowles’s diction is jagged and strange, surprising but seemingly inevitable.
    Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Along the way, road trippers wind their way along the Lake Superior shoreline, where waves crash against jagged cliffs and waterfalls tumble into the great lake.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Saw-toothed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saw-toothed. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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