shabbiness

When he did call the shabbiness of the house and the manifest poverty of the family rather disgusted him, but somehow Jennie seemed as sweet to him as ever.

Jennie Gerhardt 2004

(generally) behaving very ill on this question, and their shabbiness is the more striking because the Government have behaved so well.

The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) Charles Greville 1829

But that was more of an indictment of the general kind of shabbiness of the campaign, its disorganization, its vacuum of leadership at the top, which is probably the -- you know, a funny part of my book more than -- more than, you know, anything aimed to -- at, you know, taking on anyone, living or dead.

Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus 2001

As the century waned, even the most ardent New Yorkers looked around and saw a kind of shabbiness at the heart of their town.

WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories Holland, Barbara 1999

So "shabbiness" due to lack of funds, and "cool" due to the success of rap and hip-hop.

podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history 2008

They do look a mess the minute you sit on them but I care more about the feel than the shabbiness.

The Best in Squooshy Sofas Rita Konig 2012

Maybe they remember the transportation mess and commercial shabbiness at Atlanta.

Olympic bid defeat speaks to world's perception of U.S. 2009

Ferdinand Lassalle dressed with elegance for his working-men audiences, with the hope, he said, of reminding them that there was something better than their shabbiness.

The Kempton-Wace Letters 2010

During my visit, the city was drenched in seasonal rains, but it bathes year-round in a deep-set shabbiness.

The Next Empire 2010

The shabbiness extended to the upper floors, but Jane was relieved to discover that she had a room of her own.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011