Usually means: Worn out with holey appearance.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word moth-eaten:

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  1. moth-eaten: Merriam-Webster
  2. moth-eaten: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. moth-eaten: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. moth-eaten, moth-eaten: Collins English Dictionary
  5. moth-eaten: Vocabulary.com
  6. moth-eaten: Wordnik
  7. moth-eaten: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. moth-eaten: Wiktionary
  9. moth-eaten: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. moth-eaten: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. moth-eaten: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. moth-eaten: Dictionary.com
  13. moth-eaten: Rhymezone
  14. moth-eaten: FreeDictionary.org
  15. moth-eaten: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. moth-eaten: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. moth-eaten: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Containing holes by having been eaten by moth larvae.
▸ adjective:  (figurative, by extension) Old and in poor condition.

Similar:
ratty, tatty, stale, shabby, worn, old, unoriginal, motheaten, mothy, maggoted, more...

Opposite:
pristine, immaculate, flawless, intact

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Similar:
ratty, tatty, stale, shabby, worn, old, unoriginal, motheaten, mothy, maggoted, more...

Opposite:
pristine, immaculate, flawless, intact



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