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SHABBINESS

• SHABBINESS (noun)
The noun SHABBINESS has 2 senses:

1. a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
2. an unjust act

Familiarity information: SHABBINESS used as a noun is rare.

• SHABBINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

manginess; seediness; shabbiness; sleaziness

Hypernyms ("shabbiness" is a kind of...):

inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shabbiness"):

raggedness (shabbiness by virtue of being in rags)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An unjust act

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

injustice; shabbiness; iniquity; unfairness

Hypernyms ("shabbiness" is a kind of...):

actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)

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(English proverb)
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(Native American proverb, Hopi)
"If three people tell you that you are drunk, you better lie down."
(American proverb)
"Be patient with a bad neighbor. Maybe he’ll leave or a disaster will take him out."
(Egyptian proverb)

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