shabbiness

English

Etymology

shabby +‎ -ness

Noun

shabbiness (countable and uncountable, plural shabbinesses)

The property of being shabby.
- 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
  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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