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1) partly decayed plant material, used as a fuel and fertilizer (peat)

2) having become decayed and smelling bad (putrid)

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Meaning:
cast-off

a piece of unwanted clothing

obsolete, out-dated

degenerate

having lost qualities (physical, moral or mental) that are considered normal and desirable

corrupt, deteriorated

dilapidated

falling to pieces; in a state of disrepair

falling apart; in ruins

disrepair

in the state of needing repair

broken; deteriorated

effete

weak, without energy; incapable (because too subtle, sensitive, refined)

spoiled, exhausted

fallen

of fall; people who have dies (in a war)

disgraced, ruined

musty

smelling or tasting mouldy

stuffy, aged

olden

of a former age

old

putrid

having become decayed and smelling bad

rotten, stinking

ratty

bad-tempered; irritable

shabby

rusty

covered with rust; (of knowledge etc) needing to be revised or practised

corroded

shabby

in a bad state of repair; poorly dressed; (of behaviour) unkind and unfair

broken-down; in poor shape

squalid

very dirty, poor, uncared for

poor, run-down

tatty

untidy and worn

shabby

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