"tattered" in the adjective sense
1. tattered, tatterdemalion
worn to shreds or wearing torn or ragged clothing
"a man in a tattered shirt"
"the tattered flag"
"tied up in tattered brown paper"
"a tattered barefoot boy"
"a tatterdemalion prince"
2. shattered, tattered
ruined or disrupted
"our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity"
"a tattered remnant of its former strength"
"my torn and tattered past"
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