Adjective

(er)

Torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged.

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They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.

Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.

The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.

Mean; paltry; despicable.

shabby treatment

Adjective

(en adjective)

Dirty or squalid.

Morally degrading.

* 1912 ,

He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky.They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.

Grasping.