Shabbiness

shab·by  (shb)

adj. shab·bi·er, shab·bi·est

1.

a. Showing signs of wear and tear; threadbare or worn-out: shabby furniture.

b. Dilapidated or deteriorated in condition, especially through neglect; seedy: a shabby little park.

2. Wearing threadbare clothing.

3.

a. Despicable; mean: a shabby trick.

b. Not generous or just; unfair: shabby treatment.

c. Of mediocre or substandard quality: a shabby performance.

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[From obsolete shab, scab, from Middle English schab, from Old English sceabb.]

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shabbi·ly adv.

shabbi·ness n.

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Shabbiness 

dog-eared Folded over or down, as the corner of a page in a book; used, worn, shabby. The term obviously derives from the fact that such a flap resembles a dog’s ear. Since a book with many such pages has been read and acquired a shabby appearance in the process, the word dog-eared takes on its secondary ‘used, worn’ meaning.

down-at-the-heel See POVERTY.

like a dog’s breakfast Sloppy, messy, disheveled, unkempt; showing little taste or style. This British colloquial expression means the opposite of like a dog’s dinner. Why a canine’s breakfast is associated with sloppiness and a canine’s dinner with neatness and style is left unexplained.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shabbiness - a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing manginess, seediness, sleaziness inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste raggedness - shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
	2.	shabbiness - an unjust act                         injustice, unfairness, iniquity actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing - activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"

Translations

shabbiness [ˈʃæbɪnɪs] N

1. [of dress, person] → desaliño m, pobreza f

2. [of treatment] → injusticia f, vileza f

shabbiness

n (lit, fig) → Schäbigkeit f

shabbiness [ˈʃæbɪnɪs] n (of dress, person) → trasandatezza; (of building) → squallore m; (of treatment) → meschinità