The word "battered" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to something that is worn out, broken, or tattered after a long time of use. Example: His shoes were battered and worn after years of daily use.
Gazans are materially cut off from the world economy, just as in Cuba: everything patched up and odd flashes of modernity amid an economy trapped in the 1970s – the occasional new car alongside battered Volvos and even more battered donkeys.
The former certainly looks like a prizefighter who has been battered senseless by a meaner, leaner opponent; the latter has endured an equally bruising encounter in the ring but has walked away bleeding badly but still standing after a 12-round points draw.
Parts of both cities have become a no-go zone for Iraq's beleaguered troops, who have been battered and humiliated by Isis, a group of marauders unparalleled in Mesopotamia since the time of the Mongols.
President Enrique Peña Nieto confirmed the arrest via his Twitter account with congratulatory messages for the Mexican security forces in what could prove to be the most significant single development yet in the drug wars that have battered Mexico since the launch of a crackdown on organised crime seven years ago.
I bought her an iPad mini, which has been by her side and is now battered.
After pushing through a raft of economic reforms early in his presidency, Peña Nieto's party has been battered by allegations of corruption and for failing to bring drug violence under control.
Five years in coalition have battered the Lib Dems' electoral support and destroyed much of the electoral base built up in the Kennedy years and before.
Mining remains the nation's chief source of income, but environmental concerns are growing ever more pressing – Australia is suffering through its hottest summer ever, battered by an increasing number of natural disasters.
"People have been battered by a system that doesn't care about them and they've had enough of austerity," she said.
England failed to get out of their 22 and moments later the No8, Fabien Sanconnie, battered his way over the line for the first try of the evening.
Colin Graves, the new chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, pitched up for his first day at the crease already feeling battered and bruised by the all‑encompassing Kevin Pietersen saga that threatens to suck the whole of the sport into its vortex.
