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shabby

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Adjective

  1. Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
  2. Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing.
  3. Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted.
  4. Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.
  5. Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent: Of the pulse: thready, weak.
  6. Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent: Of weather: wet and dreary.
  7. Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent: Chiefly of sheep: affected by shab or scab (“a skin disease”); scabby.

Verb

  1. To make (something) shabby (adjective sense 1); to shabbify.
  2. To become shabby; to shabbify.

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