Shabby-genteel
[shab-ee-jen-teel] /ˈʃæb i dʒɛnˈtil/
adjective
1.
trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
shabby-genteel
adjective
1.
preserving or aspiring to the forms and manners of gentility despite appearing shabby
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