tattered
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adjective \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>
See Examples of TATTERED
- a pile of old tattered books
- <arrived at the refugee camp tattered and exhausted>
First Known Use of TATTERED
14th century
Related to TATTERED
- Synonyms
- ragged, raggedy, ragtag, tatterdemalion, out at elbows (or out at the elbows)
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