shabby

/ˈʃæbi/ adjective

Translation

UNTIDY › looking untidy and in bad condition

eski püskü, kılıksız, pejmurde, yıpranmış

shabby clothes/furniture1978

UNFAIR › Shabby behaviour or treatment is bad and unfair.

haksız, kötü, berbat, adî, aşağılık

1908

shabbily adverb ›

pejmürde bir şekilde

shabbily dressed shabbily treated

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

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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