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shabby
adjective (NOT FAIR) /ˈʃæb.i/Definition
C2 not honourable or fair; unacceptable: She spoke out about the shabby way the case had been handled. I felt the whole affair was a bit shabby.Dishonest shabbily
/-ɪ.li/ adverb › shabbily dressed The hostages were shabbily treated when they came home.DishonestIn bad condition shabbiness
/-nəs/ noun [U] In bad condition
(Definition of shabby adjective (NOT FAIR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be rotten to the core idiom
- be up to no good idiom
- bent adjective (DISHONEST)
- cowboy noun (DISHONEST PERSON)
- crooked adjective (CRIMINAL)
- dodgy adjective (NOT HONEST)
- down-and-dirty adjective
- dubious adjective
- false adjective (NOT TRUE)
- finagle verb
- fishy adjective (DISHONEST)
- improper adjective (DISHONEST)
- low-down adjective
- malfeasance noun
- mendacious adjective
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