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adjective, -bi·er, -bi·est.
1.
impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
2.
showing conspicuous signs of wear or neglect: The rooms on the upper floors of the mansion had a rather shabby appearance, as if they had not been much in use of late.
3.
wearing worn clothes or having a slovenly or unkempt appearance: a shabby person.
4.
run-down, seedy, or dilapidated: a shabby hotel.
5.
EXPANDmeanly ungenerous or unfair; contemptible, as persons, actions, etc.: shabby behavior.
6.
COLLAPSEinferior; not up to par in quality, performance, etc.: a shabby rendition of the sonata.
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Shabbiness
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