Main Entry: tat·tered

Pronunciation: \ˈta-tərd\

Function: adjective

Date: 14th century

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>