Usually means: Neglected in appearance or condition.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word down at heel:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. down-at-heel, down at heel: Merriam-Webster
  2. down-at-heel, down at heel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. down-at-heel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. down-at-heel, down-at-heel, down at heel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. down-at-heel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. down-at-heel, down at heel: Wiktionary
  7. down-at-heel: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. down-at-heel, down at heel: Dictionary.com
  9. down-at-heel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Down at heel: Phrase Finder
  11. down at heel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. down-at-heel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. down at heel: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. down-at-heel: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. down-at-heel: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (down at heel)

adjective:  (literally, of footwear) In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn-out, shabby.
adjective:  (idiomatic, by extension) Shabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished; shabby, dilapidated.

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