Moth-eaten
Moth-eaten adjective - Showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect.
Usage example: a man who's been wearing the same moth-eaten clothes for decades
Neglected and moth-eaten are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Neglected" instead an adjective phrase "Moth-eaten".
Neglected
Neglected adjective - Showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect.
Usage example: a neglected teddy bear, missing one eye and both ears, shoved into the closet
Moth-eaten and neglected are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Moth-eaten" instead an adjective "Neglected".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and moth-eaten
- mean and neglected
- shabby and moth-eaten
- shabby and neglected
- ragged and moth-eaten
- ragged and neglected
- miserable and moth-eaten
- miserable and neglected
- decayed and moth-eaten
- decayed and neglected
- squalid and moth-eaten
- squalid and neglected
- seedy and moth-eaten
- seedy and neglected
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