Ratty and Smart

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Ratty adjective - Showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect.

Usage example: some ratty old magazines were the only reading material in the mountaintop cabin

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Smart is an antonym for ratty.

Nearby Words: ratted, ratter

Smart adjective - Being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance.

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Ratty is an antonym for smart.

Nearby Words: smarten, smartness, smartly

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