as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
the owner has let the restaurant become increasingly tatty over the years
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Recent Examples of tatty
The coffee table had been painted black all over and looked rather tatty.
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Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Cash is still printed regularly, because torn and tatty notes need to be replaced.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Aug. 2024
Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Perhaps irony, like water for the swimming pool, is a resource that dries up seasonally in these parts, leaving only a dust bowl of surly resentment and some tatty deckchairs behind.
—Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
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Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Cash is still printed regularly, because torn and tatty notes need to be replaced.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Aug. 2024
Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Perhaps irony, like water for the swimming pool, is a resource that dries up seasonally in these parts, leaving only a dust bowl of surly resentment and some tatty deckchairs behind.
—Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tatty
Adjective
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Dayna is unemployed and newly single, and an out-of-the-blue opportunity to fix up a dilapidated mansion into an influencer house seems like her ticket to a new life.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Nearly two weeks after San Jose began dismantling its largest homeless encampment, the city is set to open its first-ever safe sleeping site, which will provide tents for dozens of the approximately 370 residents who have lived in dilapidated RVs and squalor at Columbus Park.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Same premise as the exterior, but even more important: Don’t buy a car with a neglected interior.—
Jimmy Camp,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
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Close the Loop Following through on commitments is the simplest and yet shockingly most neglected way to earn long-term trust.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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“Tatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tatty. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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