Adjectives

(s)moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tattyshowing signs of wear and tear“a ratty old overcoat”, “shabby furniture”, “an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains”
(s)moth-eaten, mothyworn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths“moth-eaten blankets”
(s)cold, stale, dusty, moth-eatenlacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new“moth-eaten theories about race”, “stale news”