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shabbier
adjective as in broken-down; in poor shape
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Marian was even stouter and redder in the face than formerly, and decidedly shabbier in attire.
His boarding-house had become a cheaper one week by week, and his blue jeans had grown shabbier.
The scanty meals were even scantier than before, and her shabby mourning was getting shabbier and duller.
The straw panama on his head was many shades shabbier than his clothes, as if he had caught it up by accident.
It was a little better than the usual Gorioun dress, but I should really have been ashamed to put on anything shabbier.
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On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shabbier, such as: ratty, shoddy, run-down, scruffy, decaying, and dilapidated.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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