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Ragged or tattered, especially of clothes

Scruffy or grubby in appearance

In poor condition through long use or lack of care

Poor in quality or workmanship

Of low social rank or status

Behaving in a mean or unfair way

Dirty or unclean, especially disgustingly so

Frumpy and generally unfashionable in appearance

Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate

Unimportant or insignificant in nature

Attributive form of down at heel

Built cheaply and shoddily

Dingy and stuffy

Done or performed without method or care

(of a room or building) Uncomfortably small and cramped

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Adjective

Ragged or tattered, especially of clothes

falling apart at the seams

falling to pieces

on its last legs

having seen better days

the worse for wear

decrepit. in ruins

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“Here was a girl in a shabby dress, her hair braided in two untidy ropes, green eyes alive with the poetry.”

Adjective

Scruffy or grubby in appearance

inappropriately dressed

dressed in rags

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“There was an aura of displacement about him, I felt, and it wasn't because of his ragged clothes or the shabby appearance.”

Adjective

In poor condition through long use or lack of care

down-at-the-heels

poorly maintained

the worse for wear

having seen better days

falling to pieces

gone to rack and ruin

on its last legs

unprepossessing

down-at-the-heel

in a state of disrepair

seen better days

badly maintained

poverty-stricken

all the worse for wear

in poor condition

falling apart at the seams

out of condition

in bad condition

underprivileged

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“Miss Perrybright's School of Etiquette could be found in a shabby building at the far end of a rundown district of small shops.”

Adjective

Poor in quality or workmanship

dissatisfactory

good-for-nothing

cheap and nasty

bargain-basement

not up to snuff

a load of pants

not up to scratch

leaving much to be desired

less-than-stellar

twopenny-halfpenny

foolish-looking

not up to standard

not good enough

unsophisticated

end-of-the-pier

no great shakes

strictly for the birds

less than ideal

bottom-of-barrel

thrown together

of poor quality

dishonorable^US

not up to expectations

dishonourable^UK

leaving a lot to be desired

beyond contempt

of no financial value

not worth a hill of beans

of little value

of little worth

nickel-and-dime

of little financial value

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“For such shabby workmanship as this, there is no excuse, when it may be so easily avoided.”

Adjective

Of low social rank or status

undistinguished

underprivileged

inconsequential

lower in status

not very important

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not so important

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

unsophisticated

of little account

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“Rex Mottram, Julia Flyte's crude lover in Brideshead, is a newly rich and self-invented man from a shabby background, vulgar and ostentatious in his hospitality, suspected of crime and violence, and full of status anxiety.”

Adjective

Behaving in a mean or unfair way

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond contempt

beyond the pale

beneath contempt

unsportsmanlike

against the rules

desensitized^US

uncompassionate

desensitised^UK

take-no-prisoners

evil-intentioned

with a heart of stone

confrontational

lacking compassion

ill-humoured^UK

rubbing the wrong way

accidentally on purpose

without sentiment

unimpressionable

self-centred^UK

self-centered^US

uncomplimentary

dripping with malice

uncommiserating

as hard as nails

out for revenge

on a short fuse

killer instinct

uncommunicative

undemonstrative

passive-aggressive

unfavourable^UK

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“It was a shabby way to treat a sister and a shabbier way to treat a brother.”

Adjective

Dirty or unclean, especially disgustingly so

strong-smelling

lacking in freshenss

unfit for human consumption

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Frumpy and generally unfashionable in appearance

unsophisticated

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Adjective

Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate

too little too late

in short supply

few and far between

thin on the ground

hard to come by

not to be had for love nor money

barely sufficient

with an insufficiency

seldom met with

not appropriate for

coming up short

scarcer than hen's teeth

with too little …

with too few …

inconsequential

out of the common

with an insufficiency of

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Adjective

Unimportant or insignificant in nature

inconsequential

nickel-and-dime

not worth mentioning

not worth bothering about

of no consequence

of no importance

underrepresented

in short supply

thin on the ground

of little consequence

of little account

of little importance

few and far between

barely sufficient

smallest amount of

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Adjective

Attributive form of down at heel

poverty-stricken

on the breadline

on one's beam-ends

on one's uppers

without two pennies to rub together

in reduced circumstances

in straitened circumstances

as poor as a church mouse

strapped for cash

without two farthings to rub together

unable to make ends meet

underprivileged

in Queer Street

without a penny

without two brass farthings to rub together

unable to keep the wolf from the door

without a penny to one's name

down to last cent

behind eight ball

financially poor

in dire circumstances

without a red cent

without a brass farthing

on the bread line

down to last penny

without two pennies farthings to rub together

economically disadvantaged

on one's beam ends

without a shot in one's locker

poor as a church mouse

economically deprived

financially disadvantaged

in distressed circumstances

discriminated against

financially distressed

in financial difficulties

financially embarrassed

not having two pennies to rub together

not having two farthings to rub together

without means of support

in the poorhouse

in dire straits

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Adjective

Built cheaply and shoddily

rough-and-tumble

rough-and-ready

thrown together

carelessly built

rough and ready

cobbled together

wild-and-woolly

hastily prepared

unsophisticated

crude but effective

quick-and-dirty

spur-of-the moment

falling to pieces

on its last legs

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Adjective

Dingy and stuffy

like a Turkish bath

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Adjective

Done or performed without method or care

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

all over the shop

all over the place

thrown together

procrastinating

careless of one's duty

blithely unconcerned

good-for-nothing

catch-as-catch-can

asleep at switch

thrown-together

couldn't-care-less

failing to show proper care and attention

all over the lot

all over the map

failing to take proper care

couldn't care less

procrastinative

trial and error

asleep at the wheel

asleep on the job

higgledy-piggledy

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Adjective

(of a room or building) Uncomfortably small and cramped

with no room to swing a cat

not enough room to swing a cat

thin on the ground

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