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mangy

adjective
Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare. Informal: tacky 2. Slang: ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot (or seed), past cure (or hope). See better

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