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Adjective: tatty (tattier,tattiest)  ta-tee
  1. Showing signs of wear and tear
    "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
    - moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, grotty [Brit]
     
  2. Tastelessly showy
    "a tatty car"
    - brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tawdry, trashy, schlocky []

Sounds like: tattie

Derived forms: tattier, tattiest

See also: tasteless, tat [Brit], tattily, worn

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tattletale grey
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Tatum
tau
tau coefficient of correlation
tau cross
tau-minus particle
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