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shabby
[shab-ee]
adjective
impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn.
shabby clothes.
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.
wearing worn clothes or having a slovenly or unkempt appearance.
a shabby person.
run-down, seedy, or dilapidated.
a shabby hotel.
meanly ungenerous or unfair; contemptible, as persons, actions, etc..
shabby behavior.
inferior; not up to par in quality, performance, etc..
a shabby rendition of the sonata.
shabby
/ ˈʃæbɪ /
adjective
threadbare or dilapidated in appearance
wearing worn and dirty clothes; seedy
mean, despicable, or unworthy
shabby treatment
dirty or squalid
Other Word Forms
- shabbily adverb
- shabbiness noun
- unshabbily adverb
- unshabby adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of shabby1
Example Sentences
Following a jail stint for assault and theft, Mike gets a probation officer, a room at a hostel and a cook job at a shabby hotel.
They have been losing finalists in the past two European Championships, while their record of a semi-final and a quarter-final in the past two World Cups is not too shabby either.
"I mean there's been a general poor level at the moment. I thought the decision on Dewsbury-Hall was a really shabby decision."
Beyond the shabby Soviet-era blocks of Chisinau city suburbs, a short drive leads to field upon field lined with grape vines.
The young couple fall into lust, then love, over beers in a Latin American cowboy bar, Uyghur street food and then in a shabby basement apartment.
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