= shabby, adj.

That has lost its newness or freshness of appearance; dingy and faded from wear or exposure. Said of clothes, furniture, houses, etc.

Shabby, damaged, the worse for wear.

Worn, shabby. Also figurative.

In shabby condition.

Of clothing, etc.: Worn, shabby. Scottish, Anglo-Irish, and U.S.

slang. Poor, shabby, despicable; esp. (of persons) mean, stingy; occasionally, in poor health, ‘seedy’.

Originally: †impecunious, poor (obsolete). Now: having a run-down or dilapidated appearance, esp. in dress or decor; shabby, squalid.

figurative and in extended use. Worn out; tired, hackneyed; shabby, ragged, tatty.

Of a thing: having a delusive appearance of superior quality. Also: cheap, inferior; displaying signs of use, shabby, dilapidated.