I am in fact a native Brit.
I also did mean "bedraggled" (as in "disordered", "messy", or "dishevelled").
I always think that to be "bedraggled" is best described as when you walk in from the rain looking a bit like a wet rat.
Please do head to The Memo to read more bizarre and charming turns of phrase.
Best,
Kitty
I only speak for myself, but it felt quite dated - like a tabloid from the mid-Nineties. It made me instinctively leap to the defence of the entity you were attacking.
I think this style of reporting is probably better left offline.
Obviously, you're welcome to to ignore unsolicited advice from strangers - but I just think it could be helpful to reflect on that in future.
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My claim was not that the writer (in this case you) is (hence are) a non-native speaker, but that this is the sort of thing that non-native speakers do inadvertently. It can be done for effect, as I assume you've done, but for me it just totally detracts from the writing. "Bedraggled" is an adjective, used to describe something. Yes, when you walk in from the rain and look a little like a wet rat, you are bedraggled.
To me, the system might be bedraggled, but it has been bedevilled by problems, resulting in it being bedraggled.
Language is as language does, and I'm not a prescriptivist. However, your deliberate choice of words has, in this instance, resulted in a final feeling of "urgh" about the writing, and I thought perhaps you should be made aware of this.
Your choice is your choice, and I'm just trying to make clear some of the consequences of which you may otherwise be unaware. To me, it just feels like you got the wrong word.
[1] http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/bedragg...
[2] I think, my grammar is a bit weak