tatterdemalion

[tat-er-di-meyl-yuhn, -mal-] / ˌtæt ər dɪˈmeɪl yən, -ˈmæl- /

ADJECTIVE

tattered

Synonyms

STRONG

shoddy

WEAK

badly dressed badly worn battered broken dilapidated frayed frazzled full of holes in rags in shreds in tatters moth-eaten poorly made ragged raggedy ripped rugged scraggy seedy shabby shaggy threadbare torn torn to pieces unkempt

Example Sentences

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Off it flaps on tatterdemalion wings to wreak much CG-enabled property damage on downtown Philadelphia, where the picture is set.

From Seattle Times

They perched on fence posts, on the roofs of vans, in tatterdemalion back yards.

From Washington Post

He, like Putin, is losing leverage and his tatterdemalion posturing looks daily more threadbare.

From Forbes

Who, indeed, could not be spellbound, beholding that countless changing tatterdemalion caravan go by?

From Project Gutenberg

A French general of division does not give audience to every tatterdemalion who picks up a prisoner on the high road.”

From Project Gutenberg