straggle

An irregular, spread-out group.

An outlier; something that has strayed beyond the normal limits.

To stray from the road, course or line of march.

“He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own.”

To wander about; ramble.

To spread at irregular intervals.

To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.

To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.