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as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
some ratty old magazines were the only reading material in the mountaintop cabin
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as in tattered
worn or torn into or as if into rags
can I use this ratty old T-shirt to wipe up some paint?
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as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
I get pretty ratty after hours of dealing with demanding customers
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as in lame
arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust
that's a ratty way to treat an old friend who's fallen on hard times
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Recent Examples of ratty
Last year, Los Angeles was the second rattiest city in the United States, according to a report by pest control company Orkin.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Despite the occasional frozen screen glitches and folks joining calls in their ratty pajamas, there are upsides.
—John Daley, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
In 2024, Los Angeles was the second rattiest city in America, according to a report by pest control company Orkin.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
One of those is a comfy pair of slippers, but not the ratty old ones that hang out by your bedside.
—Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
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The demolition of the former dilapidated Northridge Mall, which began last year, is finished.—
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The restaurant is the joint labor of love for couple Wessie and Tradd Newton, who have stewarded the location from a dilapidated structure into a local institution.—
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In the artwork, the 29-year-old is wearing a tattered white gown and a bright yellow parachute that is caught in a tree with a serene, blue sky in the background.—
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The emperor died immediately, and afterward his assassins dragged his tattered remains through the streets of Haiti’s future capital.—
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However, such symptoms are hard to attribute to vaccines because infants can be irritable or fussy regardless of vaccination.—
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When the caffeine wears off, children may have a headache and feel irritable or tired.—
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Another main issue is that the power grind itself now being the endgame is no longer a good motivator to play, nor is the Tier system with 3s not much different than 4s or 5s, and all past weapons being somewhat lame now outside of that system entirely.—
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Paine proposed a lump sum payment of £15 (£2,306 in 2025) to everyone reaching the age of twenty-one and a £10 (£1,537 in 2025) annual pension for the blind and lame, as well as for those fifty and older.—
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Same premise as the exterior, but even more important: Don’t buy a car with a neglected interior.—
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Close the Loop Following through on commitments is the simplest and yet shockingly most neglected way to earn long-term trust.—
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The architecture matches the vibe; there's bloodlust in the air and even among the ragged fans who camp along the road outside.—
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But what really won the people over is the intensely conditioning formula that transforms dry, ragged cuticles with a potent blend of black algae, açai berry, and black caviar extract.—
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This World Cup wasn’t going to be cheap to attend, but these memories for life cost so much that swathes of people can’t even toy with the idea.—
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Utility executives and analysts have said clean energy projects are crucial to help power new data centers and factories, because they can be built quickly and produce electricity that is relatively cheap.—
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One man, wearing a faded Scott Kingery shirt, admired the view from behind home plate on the club level.—
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In 1975, Elvis was a faded star in Vegas and Robert Johnson was just another obscure dead bluesman.—
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“Ratty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratty. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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