transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsha-bē ]
adjective
( shab·bi·er ; -est )
Etymology: obsolete English shab a low fellow
Date: 1669
1. : clothed with worn or seedy garments
a shabby hobo
2.
a. : threadbare and faded from wear
a shabby sofa
b. : ill-kept : dilapidated
a shabby neighborhood
3.
a. : mean , despicable , contemptible
must feel shabby …because of his compromises — Nat Hentoff
b. : ungenerous , unfair
laments the shabby way in which this country often treated a poet — Paul Engle
c. : inferior in quality
shabby reasoning
• shab·bi·ly ˈsha-bə-lē adverb
• shab·bi·ness ˈsha-bē-nəs noun