adj.
Pronunciation: ' ta-t ə rd
Function: adjective
Date: 14th century
1 : wearing ragged clothes <a tattered barefoot boy>
2 : torn into shreds : RAGGED <a tattered flag>
3 a : broken down : DILAPIDATED <decaying houses along tattered paved streets ― P. B. Martin> b : being in a shattered condition : DISRUPTED <led their tattered party to victory>