What is the meaning of flyblown?

adjective

  • Spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies.
    • usage: "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"
  • Foul and run-down and repulsive.
    • usage: "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"
  • Especially of reputation.
    • usage: "a flyblown reputation"
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