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(of clothing) Torn or worn; unkempt. / (of a person) Wearing ragged, very worn, or dirty clothing. / Mean; despicable. / Poor; showing little effort or talent.

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shabby

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Source Word

shabby

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈʃæb.i/

Adjective

of clothing of a person

Japanese Meaning

服や物が擦り切れて乱雑な状態、ぼろぼろの状態であること / 着ている服がぼろぼろで、汚れている状態 / 卑劣で品性に欠ける、下劣な様子 / 品質や出来が劣っている、努力や才能が感じられない状態

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He shrugged into a shabby coat and stepped out into the rain.

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彼はぼろぼろのコートを羽織って雨の中に歩き出した。

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(of clothing) Torn or worn; unkempt.

Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.

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