Adjective
- 1. tattered, tatterdemalion, worn (vs. new)
- usage: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"
- 2. shattered, tattered, destroyed (vs. preserved)
- usage: ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past"
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