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tattered

 
Dictionary: tat·tered   (tăt'ərd) pronunciation

adj.
  1. Torn into shreds; ragged.
  2. Having ragged clothes; dressed in tatters.
    1. Shabby or dilapidated.
    2. Disordered or disrupted.

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  1. Torn into or marked by shreds or tatters: ragged, raggedy, tatterdemalion. See better/worse.
  2. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tatty, threadbare. Informal tacky2. Slang ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone topotseed, pastcurehope. See better/worse.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
  Synonym: tatterdemalion

Meaning #2: ruined or disrupted
  Synonym: shattered


 
 
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