shabby

• A shabby, almost ragged young man, with a disagreeable face and an almost contemptuous curl of the lips, as the rain, gathering force every second, buffeted him in the face and drenched him where he sat. —  A Dog with a Bad Name
• In this simplicity, however shabby might be his carriage or scanty his suit, his natural greatness could not be mistaken XX--THE SUCCESSORS OF PETER THE GREAT p. 173 Peter's strong hand had stifled the opposition to his reforms, but with his death it reappeared. —  The Story of Russia
• Her clothes are neat but shabby--that is not the last look like French women have--but as if they had been turned to "make do"--I suppose she is very poor. —  Man and Maid
• His clothing was poor and shabby, his hair and beard long and unkempt. —  Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
• One said that he'd no place in his house for such a first-class article; it would merely make the rest of the furniture look shabby, and he shouldn't refurnish in order to please anybody. —  The Farringdons

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