shabbiness

shabbiness

English

Etymology

shabby +‎ -ness

Noun

shabbiness (countable and uncountable, plural shabbinesses)

1. The property of being shabby.
   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:

     He didn’t mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.

Translations

The property of being shabby.

Bulgarian: износеност (bg) f (iznosenost), опърпаност (bg) f (opǎrpanost) German: Schäbigkeit (de) f Ukrainian: убогість (uk) (ubohistʹ), занедбаність (uk) (zanedbanistʹ), зношеність (znošenistʹ), нікчемність (nikčemnistʹ)

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