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Shabby is an English word with synonyms like ratty or tatty. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Shabby in a sentence

Shabby meaning

  1. Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
  2. Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing.
  3. Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted.

Synonyms of Shabby

moth-eaten ratty tatty worn dishonorable dishonourable

Related words

Other words often associated with Shabby or its synonyms:

black debasing inglorious ignominious ignoble shameful disgraceful degrading dishonest opprobrious stale soiled

Using Shabby

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: moth-eaten, ratty, tatty, worn.
  • In the example corpus, shabby often appears in combinations such as: too shabby, shabby or, shabby for.

Context around Shabby

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

too 6× big 1× undermining 1× two 1× somewhat 1×

Often after:

dormitory 1× hole 1× buildings 1× wagner 1× today 1× semi 1× parcel 1× infrastructure 1× nonchalance 1× christmas 1×

Sentence patterns with Shabby

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

not too shabby for a 2× a big shabby dormitory 1× booze and shabby furniture the 1× by the shabby infrastructure headlined 1× door or shabby hole in 1× eva s shabby posthumous story 1× experience or shabby buildings 1× for its shabby christmas tree 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

about 40 arrived 1× as a result 1× eva s shabby 1× his numbers aren 1× in court his 1× inevitably they would 1×

Common sentence endings:

4 500 pounds 1× as chechen fighters 1× atm cash withdrawals 1× big shabby dormitory 1× black to beige 1× eloquent english surtitles 1×

Words around Shabby

Just before it in the word index:

shabbos 40 shabbir 8 shabbiness 3 shabbily 7 shabbier 2 shabber 2

Just after it in the word index:

shabd 2 shabe 2 shabeer 5 shabel 2 shabelle 12 shabhaz 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

adheres 108 ahs 108 airtime 108 ambience 108 antoinette 108 armada 108

Corpus analysis for Shabby

  • In this selection, "shabby" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, too, big, undermining, dormitory, hole and buildings stand out and add context to how "shabby" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include not too shabby for a and a big shabby dormitory. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shabby" sits close to words such as adheres, ahs and airtime, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shabby

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Not too shabby today! (4 words)

Not too shabby, AOZ. (4 words)

The arena’s seats are shabby. (6 words)

Longer example sentences

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. (44 words)

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. (43 words)

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. (38 words)

Exclamation examples

Not too shabby today! (4 words)

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.

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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.

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Common combinations with shabby

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shabby" in a sentence?
An example: "About 40 arrived in Otaru on the northern island of Hokkaido, where they were housed in a big, shabby dormitory." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "shabby" from authentic English texts.
What does "shabby" mean?
Shabby means: Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
What are synonyms of "shabby"?
Common synonyms of "shabby" include: moth-eaten, ratty, tatty, worn, dishonorable, dishonourable.
How many example sentences with "shabby" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "shabby", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.