- しょぼい
- しょぼい〔みすぼらしい〕 shabby; dull; 〔気の滅入る〕 gloomy; miserable-looking[-sounding]; depressing.
●彼はつやの消えたしょぼい車に乗っていた. He was riding in a car with a shabby [dull, weather-beaten] exterior.
・彼のいうことはいつもしょぼい. He always says miserable-sounding [depressing] things.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.