moth-eaten


moth-eaten (http://definr.com/moth-eaten)

     adj 1: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat";
            "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows
            and tatty curtains" [syn: ratty, shabby, tatty]
     2: worn or eaten away by or as if by moths; "moth-eaten
        blankets"
     3: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
        "moth-eaten theories about race" [syn: old, stale]