down-at-heeladjective
uk/ˌdaʊn.ətˈhɪəl/us/ˌdaʊn.ətˈhɪəl/US also down-at-the-heel, down-at-the-heelswearing old clothes, or in a bad condition, because of not having much money:
She had a decidedly down-at-heel appearance.
He worked in a down-at-heel café.
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In bad condition
- battered
- battle-scarred
- be on the skids idiom
- beat up
- blasted
- have seen better days idiom
- hors de combat
- impair
- in good, bad, etc. repair idiom
- kaput
- scuff
- shabby
- shattered
- shop-soiled
- shopworn
- worn out
- worse
- worsen
- wrack
- wrecked
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