ILL-DRESSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ill-dressed mean? 

• ILL-DRESSED (adjective)
  The adjective ILL-DRESSED has 1 sense:

1. not well dressed

  Familiarity information: ILL-DRESSED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILL-DRESSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not well dressed

Similar:

ungroomed (not neat and smart in appearance)

 Context examples 

“I saw an ill-dressed vagabond in the lane yesterday evening,” said Mr. Holder.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I observed, at the same time, that a lowering ill-dressed man who had stopped and stared at us in passing, a little before, was coming so close after us as to brush against her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)