shabby

shabby (komparatiivi shabbier, superlatiivi shabbiest)

1. nuhruinen, nukkavieru

   a shabby bum

   a shabby old sofa

2. rähjäinen, huonosti hoidettu

   a shabby neighbourhood with ill-kept houses

3. viheliäinen, halpamainen, alhainen, halveksittava

   he must feel shabby now that his crimes were exposed

   What a shabby trick!

4. huolimaton, huono

   shabby reasoning with floundering logic

• IPA: /ˈʃæb.i/

• shabbily
• shabby chic