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tatty

[tat-ee] / ˈtæt i /
ADJECTIVE
shabby
Synonyms
WEAK
all the worse for wear bare bedraggled broken-down crummy cure decayed decaying decrepit degenerated desolate deteriorated deteriorating dilapidated dingy disfigured disreputable dog-eared down-at-heel faded frayed gone to seed mangy meager mean miserable moth-eaten neglected pitiful poor pot poverty-stricken ragged ramshackle ratty rickety ruined ruinous run down rundown scrubby scruffy seedy shoddy sleazy slipshod squalid tacky tattered threadbare tired worn worn-out worse for wear wretched

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She said the 100-page book "is like a faded souvenir, tatty but treasurable for its associations with the fabulous imaginary world that Márquez conjured up in his prime".

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2024

Look closely, and the beggar’s left hand has disappeared, tucked inside the placket of his tatty jacket.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023

If, as he spends the book insisting, all he and Meghan ever wanted was domestic simplicity — tatty sofas, Ikea lamps — then why, upon leaving the family, did they buy a $15 million house?

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023

We know that actors are not their roles, but it still came as a shock to see Angela Lansbury backstage in bunny slippers and a tatty robe, offering visitors a nice hot cuppa.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

Lupin smiled vaguely and placed his tatty old briefcase on the teacher’s desk.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling