The phrase "a bit tattered" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is slightly worn, damaged, or frayed, often referring to physical objects like clothing or paper.
Example: "The old book was a bit tattered, with pages that were yellowed and edges that were frayed."
Alternatives: "somewhat worn" or "slightly damaged."
Meredith Wheeler's Barack Obama is wrinkled and a bit tattered; it sags at the knees.
Many perennials look a bit tattered after they're done blooming, but coral bells look fresh all season.
The leaves will grow back, and the tree will carry on, a bit tattered, but not too much the worse for wear.
The weekend did have much to distract everyone from such things, what with the N.B.A. lockout ending in time for Christmas — ESPN.com's Michael Wilbon claims at least they got something right — and Urban Meyer deciding that a year was enough time with his family before he dives into the Ohio State job with his credibility a bit tattered, writes Pat Forde on Yahoo.com.
"I never even knew I had a chance of getting on a stage in New York," he said in the wee hours of Saturday morning at the end of the second of these concerts; he seemed heavy with exhaustion, and his voice was a bit tattered by the New York cold.
And her mind, which was the sharpest of them all -- sharper than yours or mine -- is showing its wear, a bit tattered around the edges.
I still have that album, although it's jacket is a bit worn and tattered.
As an early subscription offer for the magazine, we printed a purple dish cloth, which, though tattered and a bit torn, is still in use in our home today.
His quartet since 1993, Die Like a Dog, started as a tribute to Albert Ayler; now it plays high-velocity free improvisation that only sometimes adds a bit of Ayler's tattered saxophone-trumpet counterpoint.
Together since 1993, Die Like a Dog, led by the German free-jazz patriarch Peter Brötzmann, started as a tribute to Albert Ayler; now it plays high-velocity free improvisation that only sometimes incorporates a bit of Ayler's old, tattered saxophone-trumpet counterpoint.
The yearbooks look a little tattered and the students a bit older, but the article catches the spirit of Baghdad College that still lives and breathes in the hearts of the alumni who attended Baghdad College and Al Hikma University.
