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Shabby
Shabby meaning
Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy. | Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing. | Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted.
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Example sentences (20)
About 40 arrived in Otaru on the northern island of Hokkaido, where they were housed in a big, shabby dormitory.
Inevitably they would open the posh door or shabby hole in the wall some hiding their faces and Mr. Diaz, gaining entry with video tape rolling following the action, and viewers saw the cheater, conman, or fraud artist squirm or not answer questions.
It has nothing to do with curriculum, teacher experience or shabby buildings.
It is believed that these were implemented as a means of undermining shabby Wagner mercenaries, which were frequently outside of Russian military control, such as Chechen fighters.
Not too shabby today!
Players may breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing the school in the tutorial comes already equipped with a shabby, semi-furnished Headmaster’s Office; don’t assume this means the Headmaster’s Office doesn't need TLC.
Still, shares were up nearly 40% as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern — not too shabby.
The arena’s seats are shabby.
The Hanekoms of the Upper Highway Area recently found two “shabby” parcel arrival notification slips from the local post office in their barely-used home post box.
The move to engineer a cashless economy is tempered by the shabby infrastructure headlined by slow, expensive internet connections that cause failed online transactions and ATM cash withdrawals.
This shabby nonchalance was the epitome of British cool, as modelled on the bag's most aspirational fans, style icons like Alexa Chung, Sienna Miller and, most notably, Kate Moss, who seemed to have one in every shade, from turquoise to black to beige.
Those in Walsall blasted its 'Scoorge' council for its 'shabby Christmas tree, which had barely any lights on in a bid to save cash.
When the speaker’s gaze takes us, via the balcony, beyond the cosy inner sanctum of “sufficient booze / and shabby furniture” the view is presented objectively.
As a result, it's capable of reaching 60 mph in 6.5 seconds — not too shabby for a naturally aspirated 1990s car equipped with a five-speed manual.
Eva’s shabby posthumous story unfolds – performed in Spanish with eloquent English surtitles.
His numbers aren't too shabby either: 14 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and block.
In court his address was given as Allfarthing Lane - a relatively ordinary and in places somewhat shabby street in Earlsfield.
My son, Chris, is concentrating on the branding and advertising, and we're trying not to lose that shabby-sheek traditional bakery feel.
Not too shabby, AOZ.
Not too shabby for a car that weighs over 4,500 pounds.