shabby
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The company's forecast for a further decline in revenues was particularly troubling, said Saunders, who called the outlook "shabby."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Favorite subjects included “struggling civil servants and the shabby humiliations endured by the failing gentry.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Not too shabby for a series that premiered to mixed reviews and was canceled after just three seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
There is this idea that through market-controlling systems like the draft and the salary cap, any team, no matter how minor or shabby, may stumble into a transcendent talent and anoint a dynasty.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ralph thought of the old hotel with its shabby lobby warmed by a crackling fire.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
The meeting house grows progressively more dilapidated, and the costumes get shabbier, indicating that things aren’t going well for the Puritans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
However, the photo she said she took in person showed a much shabbier house, featuring uneven grass and cluttered with yard equipment where the bench was supposed to be.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
He enjoyed a comfortable childhood north of Montana, until the family real estate company faltered in the early ’90s and the Millers eventually relocated to a smaller rental on Santa Monica’s shabbier southern end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
The play is being staged in the city’s South End, described in “Common Ground” as “a shabbier, scruffier part of the city,” but now polished and pricey.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
The schools are shabbier here; the test scores are lower.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
But it is a copout of the shabbiest sort to exploit this anxiety as a way of averting our gaze from the undiminished threat of North Korea.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2017
We’re the ones who highlight the shabbiest research.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2016
The pattern veered to the extreme Saturday afternoon, when the Nationals followed their self-described biggest win of the season with one of their shabbiest losses.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2013
Not the shabbiest of lists, we're sure you'll agree.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2013
I had a small collection of books that came with me to Forks, the shabbiest volume being a compilation of the works of Jane Austen.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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