ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
1.
a. : eaten into by moths
moth-eaten cloth
b. : having the appearance of something eaten into by moths
a moth-eaten horse ready for the glue factory — C.V.Little
: patchy , raggedy , unkempt
a little man … with moth-eaten hair — W.A.White
2.
a. : dilapidated
the town had one moth-eaten old museum — C.W.Thayer
a lot of moth-eaten barges — John Buchan
b. : antiquated , outmoded
the moth-eaten motto of some of the … aristocracy — W.H.Stevenson
moth-eaten … theories about race — Dwight Macdonald