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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing;
- Example: "a man in a tattered shirt"
- Example: "the tattered flag"
- Example: "tied up in tattered brown paper"
- Example: "a tattered barefoot boy"
- Example: "a tatterdemalion prince"
[syn: tattered, tatterdemalion]

2. ruined or disrupted;
- Example: "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"
- Example: "a tattered remnant of its former strength"
- Example: "my torn and tattered past"
[syn: shattered, tattered]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tatter \Tat"ter\, v. t. [p. p. Tattered.]
   To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past
   participle as an adjective.
   [1913 Webster]

         Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tattered
    adj 1: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a
           man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up
           in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a
           tatterdemalion prince" [syn: tattered,
           tatterdemalion]
    2: ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and
       prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength"; "my
       torn and tattered past" [syn: shattered, tattered]