Source : WordNet®

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" [syn: {mothy}]
     3: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
        "moth-eaten theories about race" [syn: {old}, {stale}]