ratty
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beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, tumbledown
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After his cranky ex-cop father Martin moves in, along with his dog and his equally down-to-earth British nurse, the show uses Martin’s ratty, Archie Bunker-esque armchair to symbolize the show’s fundamental clash between aspiration and authenticity. — Joanna Scutts, Curbed, "The shows we’ve lived by," 14 Aug. 2019 The ratty club run by the nice Madam Qin is on its last legs. — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The Return' ('Fu Xiang Xin'): Film Review | Shanghai 2019," 16 June 2019 Otherwise, come on over, kick off your Manolo Blahniks or ratty flip-flops, and stay awhile. — Liz Krieger, Good Housekeeping, "Shoes Are Banned In My House — But I Have One Very Important Exception," 12 June 2019 To keep the plant from looking ratty, water it once a week during dry spells and use a couple of inches of mulch around the plant to help conserve moisture. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "How to Grow and Prepare Horseradish Straight From Your Garden," 27 July 2018 To keep the plant from looking ratty, water it once a week during dry spells and use a couple of inches of mulch around the plant to help conserve moisture. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "How to Grow and Prepare Horseradish Straight From Your Garden," 27 July 2018 To keep the plant from looking ratty, water it once a week during dry spells and use a couple of inches of mulch around the plant to help conserve moisture. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "How to Grow and Prepare Horseradish Straight From Your Garden," 27 July 2018 In fact, there were 50 percent more fish in the reefs around the birdy islands versus the ratty islands. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Coral Reefs Need Fewer Rats and More Bird Poo," 12 July 2018 Next up was a musician, a young guy with ratty blond hair. — Kevin Roose, New York Times, "Can ‘Illuminati Tinder’ Save Us All?," 27 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ratty.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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