shabby

/ˈʃæbi/ adjective

Definition

UNTIDY › looking untidy and in bad condition: shabby clothes/furniture

UNFAIR › Shabby behaviour or treatment is bad and unfair.

shabbily adverb › shabbily dressed shabbily treated

(Definition of shabby adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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