Examples of “tatty” in a Sentence

adj (informal) Old, worn and in poor condition.

• The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.
• I wish you would have smiled in the bakery Or sat on a tatty settee At a mutual friend's gathering — Arctic Monkeys, The Bakery (2007)
• Hubbard says he could easily take on more books than he would be able to sell, and some “tatty paperbacks” have such a low value that they end up getting recycled. — Lucy Knight, ‘Look how well-read I am!’ How ‘books by the metre’ add the final touch to your home – or your image (2025)