shabbyadj/ˈʃæbi/

• 1

  Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.

  • They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.
  • [A]s there was a stream of people pouring into a shabby house not far from the entrance, he waited until they had made their way in, […]
• 2

  Of a person: wearing ragged or very worn, and often dirty, clothing.

  • The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.
  • The ſame gentleman, vvhenever he vvanted credit for a ſuit of cloaths, alvvays made the propoſal in a laced coat; for he found by experience, that, if he appeared ſhabby on theſe occaſions, his taylor had taken an oath againſt truſting; […]
• 3

  Of a person, their behaviour, etc.: despicable, mean; also, not generous; stingy, tight-fisted.

  • shabby treatment
  • "A thousand dollars are money, my father used to say when he drove fat oxen to market," replied John Wilde, in a mocking tone; "but it will not leave my hands for that shabby price; and, for my own part, it may ornament the foot of my daughter's doll."
• 4

  Poor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.

  • His painting is not too shabby.
  • [M]y Lord Duke's entertainments were both ſeldom and ſhabby […]
• 5

  archaicmedicinesciencesPoor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.

• 6

  dialectalinformalPoor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.

• 7

  dialectalbiologymedicinenatural-sciencesPoor in quality; also, showing little effort or talent.

shabbyverb/ˈʃæbi/

• 1

  To make (something) shabby (adjective sense 1); to shabbify.

• 2

  To become shabby; to shabbify.

  • You'll be one of those tough, square, solid middle-aged men, like a shabbying brown bear, your golden crew-cut greying judiciously at the temples.