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tattered(adjective, mean, rough, loose, better)
18
shabby(adjective, mean, rough, shape, deterioration)
17
seedy(adjective, mean, rough, better, shabby)
16
ragged(adjective, worn, divestment, frayed)
15
tired(adjective, dull, set, beat, hard)
15
trite(adjective, dull, set, hard, flat)
15
worn(adjective, dull, set, beat, flat)
15
banal(adjective, dull, set, hard, flat)
15
frayed(adjective, deterioration, worn)
14
hackneyed(adjective, dull, set, beat, hard)
14
commonplace(adjective, dull, set, hard, flat)
12
stale(adjective, dull, set, beat, hard)
11
scruffy(adjective, rough, better, worn, bedraggled)
11
stock(noun, adjective, dull, flat, standard)
11
shopworn(adjective, dull, set, beat, hard)
11
tatty(adjective, mean, rough, poor, better)
10
worn out(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, worn)
10
dilapidated(adjective, mean, rough, feeble, deterioration)
10
moth-eaten(adjective, dull, set, mean, hard)
10
timeworn(adjective, dull, set, beat, hard)
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