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tattered

[tat-erd]

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adjective

torn to tatters; ragged: a tattered flag.

wearing ragged clothing: a tattered old man.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; see tatter¹ (noun), -ed³

Related forms

un·tat·tered, adjective

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Example Sentences

It was, mysteriously, a service where the guests wore tattered paper bags with clumsy eye holes over their heads.

Tattered signs and orange and green flyers covered the lobby floor.

He also almost instinctively knew what was required to rebuild tattered balance sheets.

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It was, mysteriously, a service where the guests wore tattered paper bags with clumsy eye holes over their heads.

Tattered signs and orange and green flyers covered the lobby floor.

He also almost instinctively knew what was required to rebuild tattered balance sheets.

As the dumpster was slowly emptied, conservators found tattered clothing mixed in with rebar and concrete.

Its splendor had disappeared, too, its image tattered.

The picture shows the tattered but triumphant safe after the would-be-thieves gave up and walked away.

Most summer bloomers have grown tattered and weary, while many tender annuals perish at the.

They hope thus to improve their citizens' health without tearing more holes in tattered public finances.

He is wearing tire-tread sandals and tattered brown shorts.

And then a sweet girl walked by all alone--lost in thought, carrying a tattered violin case.

Venture capitalists could be forgiven for not applauding the resurrection of the tattered business plans of the bubble era.

She is a shriveled old woman, wearing a tattered wool cap, hunched over in her.

On the tattered porch of another sits a broad-backed wooden chair that someone has dragged from inside.

Thus, its timber shelves are full of tattered shoe boxes and the odd pair of.

Sid has barbed wire around his bed, and his belongings are dirty and tattered.

It is tucked away off the main street of this little town, with only a vaguely tattered sign to show the way to the parking.

Sher's mother brings out a tattered copy of a mujahidin magazine and shows me a picture of her fallen son.

D'Arco studied two dozen tattered pieces of paper sealed in plastic sleeves.

Buffett, seeking capital to shore up their tattered balance sheets.

Boulevard and took in the landscape of tattered brownstones, trash-strewn lots and skinny addicts by.

The danger is attributed to design flaws, tattered economies, political disorder and weak regulatory oversight.

At dawn, an old woman in a bright but tattered dress picked her way along a muddy, trash-strewn path.

Upstairs, a lone chinchilla coat hangs on a tattered dress form, its back scorched through to the lining.

All that was left was a lonely desk and chair in the middle, a paper shredder and the tattered wall-to-wall blue carpet padding.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.

a separate torn piece; shred.

tatters, torn or ragged clothing: dressed in rags and tatters.

verb (used with object)

to tear or wear to tatters.

verb (used without object)

to become ragged.

Origin:
1375–1425; (noun) late Middle English < Old Norse tǫturr rag, tatter; akin to Old English tætteca rag, shred; (v.) back formation from tattered

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World English Dictionary

tattered (ˈtætəd)

—*adj*
1.	ragged or worn: a tattered old book
2.	wearing ragged or torn clothing: tattered refugees
3.	damaged, defeated, or in disarray: he believes he can bring the tattered party together

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Word Origin & History

tatter

mid-14c., "clad in slashed garments"), from O.N. toturr "rag," cognate with O.E. tættec, tætteca "rag, tatter," Low Ger. tater "tatter." The noun is attested from c.1400

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