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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation: abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean2, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, vile, wretched. See GOOD. 2. Of low or lower quality: common, inferior, low-grade, low-quality, mean2, mediocre, second-class, second-rate, substandard. See BETTER. 3. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare. Informal : tacky2. Slang : ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot (or seed) , past cure (or hope) . See BETTER.
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