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  • 61threadbare — Synonyms and related words: back number, banal, bare, bathetic, bewhiskered, boring, bromidic, cliche, cliche ridden, cliched, common, commonplace, corny, cut and dried, damaged, deep worn, dilapidated, dingy, dog eared, down at heel, dull, fade …

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  • 62bedraggled — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unkempt, untidy. See disorder. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wet, soiled, unkempt, messy; see dirty 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. wet, dirty, limp, sopping, filthy, soggy, disheveled, drenched …

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  • 63broken-down — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See break, breakdown. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dilapidated, battered, in disrepair; see broken 2 , old 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect:… …

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  • 64decrepit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dilapidated, broken down; shaky; doddering, senile, on one s last legs (inf.), ready for the scrap heap (inf.). See deterioration, disease, weakness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. infirm, feeble,… …

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  • 65deterioration — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Growing worse Nouns 1. deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb (see decrease); decline, declension; relapse, backsliding (see regression); recession; rust belt. 2. (moral deterioration) degeneracy,… …

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  • 66dilapidated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. decayed, disintegrating, crumbling, tumbledown, ramshackle. See deterioration. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rundown, neglected, tumbledown, in disrepair; see crumbly , decaying , old 2 . III (Roget s …

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  • 67ratty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. seedy, rundown (see deterioration). Ant., fancy, deluxe. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Slang. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken down, decaying, decrepit,… …

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  • 68decaying — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rotting, crumbling, spoiling, decomposing, breaking down, breaking up, wasting away, falling, deteriorating, rusting, oxidizing, eroding, wearing away, disintegrating, worsening, collapsing, tumbling down, falling to… …

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  • 69rundown — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. report, outline, review; see summary . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. summary, outline, recap, synopsis, sketch, briefing, abstract, short version. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A condensation of the essential or main …

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  • 70tattered — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. shredded, torn to pieces, ripped, ragged, cut to ribbons. ANT.: whole, complete II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Torn into or marked by shreds or tatters: ragged, raggedy, tatterdemalion. See BETTER. 2.… …

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