1
: torn into shreds : ragged
a tattered flag
2
a
: broken down : dilapidated
decaying houses along tattered paved streets—
P. B. Martin
P. B. Martin
b
: being in a shattered condition
led their tattered party to victory
3
: wearing ragged clothes
a tattered barefoot boy
Examples of tattered in a Sentence
a pile of old tattered books
arrived at the shelter tattered and exhausted
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Set in the year 3333 on a desolate alien world, players take on the role of the Swordsman, a somewhat blank slate character with minimalist features clad in a tattered cloak.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
And then, in close-up, a bulldozer turns over rubble, and a family photograph is glimpsed in the debris, a tattered symbol of what has been lost.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 25 May 2025
Its tattered and faded copy of the Magna Carta is worth millions of dollars, Carpenter estimated—though Harvard has no plans to sell it.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The bottom half of the dog's body stayed pinned underneath a tattered couch on a pile of trash as flies circled him.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
And then, in close-up, a bulldozer turns over rubble, and a family photograph is glimpsed in the debris, a tattered symbol of what has been lost.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 25 May 2025
Its tattered and faded copy of the Magna Carta is worth millions of dollars, Carpenter estimated—though Harvard has no plans to sell it.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The bottom half of the dog's body stayed pinned underneath a tattered couch on a pile of trash as flies circled him.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Tattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tattered. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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