un shabby
i adjective, shab·bi·er, shab·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.
meanly ungenerous or unfair; contemptible, as persons, actions, etc.: shabby behavior.
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| —adj , -bier, -biest | |
| 1. | threadbare or dilapidated in appearance |
| 2. | wearing worn and dirty clothes; seedy |
| 3. | mean, despicable, or unworthy: shabby treatment |
| 4. | dirty or squalid |
| [C17: from Old English sceabb | |
| 'shabbily | |
| —adv | |
| 'shabbiness | |
| —n | |
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