as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
the owner has let the restaurant become increasingly tatty over the years
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Recent Examples of tatty
Twenty-five years after construction, when materials get tatty and tastes change, is the danger time.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
Texas Renée likes to be alone in tatty clothes with the dogs, crisscrossing the country and hanging out at the vet, cleaning the yard or planting and pruning things.
—Hugh Grant, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
The coffee table had been painted black all over and looked rather tatty.
—Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Cash is still printed regularly, because torn and tatty notes need to be replaced.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Aug. 2024
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
Texas Renée likes to be alone in tatty clothes with the dogs, crisscrossing the country and hanging out at the vet, cleaning the yard or planting and pruning things.
—Hugh Grant, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
The coffee table had been painted black all over and looked rather tatty.
—Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Cash is still printed regularly, because torn and tatty notes need to be replaced.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tatty
Adjective
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Longtime Oak Lawn Village Board member Timothy Desmond has resigned from his post to enter into a contract with the village through his home building company to restore dilapidated properties, with the goal of putting them back on the tax rolls.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The newborn lived in a dank and dilapidated enclosure alongside seven other lions, including his parents, Kim and Carl, said Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of Humane World for Animals Canada, whose organization helped shut down the zoo and rescue the lions.—
Andrea Sachs,
Washington Post,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For patients living with rare and neglected diseases, the next breakthrough treatment might already be sitting in a pharmaceutical company’s filing cabinet.—
Annette Bakker,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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When first performed at L.A. Opera a decade ago, the lavish production, co-produced with English National Opera, helped recover a neglected opera.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Tatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tatty. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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