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moth-eaten
adjective as in shabby; stale
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For a contemporary manifestation of this moth-eaten brand of tyranny, look no further than Hamas-ruled Gaza.
I also saw the clerk busy folding up a moth-eaten velvet pall—not a sight for Christmas Day.
Come one, come all—all you moth-eaten, lousy stiffs from Stiffville.
In impatient haste he tossed out some old novels, caps, a blazer, a roll of moth-eaten bunting.
When we go to see them in the evening we find him wrapped in a moth-eaten gray coat and a cap on his head.
They had hurried on because they were anxious to bring the spoils of the chase to Simla ere the skins grew moth-eaten.
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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to moth-eaten, such as: ancient, antiquated, archaic, dated, decayed, and decrepit.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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