Meaning & use
battered
Damaged, worn, or injured from repeated hard use, impact, or abuse.
See it in a sentence
He carried a battered old suitcase held together with tape and string.
Shelters offer safety and support to battered spouses trying to leave abusive homes.
A note on using this word
In cooking, battered describes food coated in batter before frying, as in 'battered fish', a completely different, unrelated sense.
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pristineunblemished
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Coated in a liquid mixture of flour and egg before frying.
The chip shop serves battered sausages alongside its famous fish and chips.
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