shabby
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
- Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing.
- Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted.
- Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.
- Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent: Of the pulse: thready, weak.
- Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent: Of weather: wet and dreary.
- Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent: Chiefly of sheep: affected by shab or scab (“a skin disease”); scabby.
Verb
- To make (something) shabby (adjective sense 1); to shabbify.
- To become shabby; to shabbify.
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