tatterdemalion

(noun) a dirty shabbily clothed urchin. Synonyms: ragamuffin.

(adj) worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing. Synonyms: tattered. Examples: "A man in a tattered shirt." "The tattered flag." "Tied up in tattered brown paper." "A tattered barefoot boy." "A tatterdemalion prince."

(adj) in deplorable condition. Synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down. Examples: "A street of bedraggled tenements." "A broken-down fence." "A ramshackle old pier." "A tumble-down shack."