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tattered

3 ENTRIES FOUND:

tat·tered

adj \ˈta-tərd\

Definition of TATTERED

1
: wearing ragged clothes <a tattered barefoot boy>
2
: torn into shreds : ragged <a tattered flag>
3
a : broken down : dilapidated <decaying houses along tattered paved streets — P. B. Martin> b : being in a shattered condition <led their tattered party to victory>

Examples of TATTERED

  1. a pile of old tattered books
  2. <arrived at the refugee camp tattered and exhausted>

First Known Use of TATTERED

14th century

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