shabby

(shăbˈē)

1. a. Showing signs of wear and tear; threadbare or worn-out: shabby furniture.
   b. Dilapidated or deteriorated in condition, especially through neglect; seedy: a shabby little park.
2. Wearing threadbare clothing.
3. a. Despicable; mean: a shabby trick.
   b. Not generous or just; unfair: shabby treatment.
   c. Of mediocre or substandard quality: a shabby performance.

Related Forms:

• shabˈbi·ly adverb

• shabˈbi·ness noun