Definition of tattered
1 : torn into shreds : ragged a tattered flag
2a : broken down : dilapidated decaying houses along tattered paved streets — P. B. Martinb : being in a shattered condition led their tattered party to victory
3 : wearing ragged clothes a tattered barefoot boy
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Examples of tattered in a Sentence
a pile of old tattered books
arrived at the refugee camp tattered and exhausted
Recent Examples of tattered from the Web
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Dressed in a tattered Barack Obama T-shirt, the middle-aged father soberly rests his head on his walking stick.
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Today, Mr. Skjelset, 31, rail-thin with an angular face and shoulder-length brown hair, was dressed head to toe in black; Mr. Pecknold, also 31, tall and lean, with sleepy eyes, wore a tattered green Army jacket, dark pants and a knit cap.
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Since then, Smith has complained about the overgrown grass and tattered flag, but nothing has changed.
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In the dialysis unit, more than a dozen women in robes and traditional headscarves sat quietly on tattered easy chairs on a recent day as tubes carried blood from their arms into blue machines for filtering.
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14th Century
First Known Use of tattered
14th century
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playDefinition of tattered for Students
1 : torn in or worn to shreds tattered clothes
2 : dressed in ragged clothes a tattered orphan
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