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Shabby


SHAB'BY, adjective

1. Ragged; torn or worn to rags; as a shabby coat; shabby clothes.

2. Clothed with ragged garments.

The dean was so shabby- Swift.

3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as a shabby fellow; shabby treatment. [For the idea expressed by shabby, there is not a better word in the language.]