The Clue
Most shabby (7 letter answer)
The Answer
MEANEST
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Notes
The answer MEANEST is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
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Definition
MEAN as an adjective:
1. (average, mean) = approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"
2. (hateful, mean) = characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
3. (base, mean, meanspirited) = having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
4. excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"
5. (beggarly, mean) = marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"
6. (mean, mingy, miserly, tight) = (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
7. (beggarly, mean) = (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
8. (bastardly, mean) = of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic"