What is the meaning of tattered?

adjective

  • Worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing.
    • usage: "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"
  • Ruined or disrupted.
    • usage: "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my torn and tattered past"
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