Meaning : Worn to shreds. Or wearing torn or ragged clothing.
Example :
A man in a tattered shirt.
The tattered flag.
Tied up in tattered brown paper.
A tattered barefoot boy.
A tatterdemalion prince.
Synonyms : tatterdemalion
Meaning : Ruined or disrupted.
Example :
Our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity.
A tattered remnant of its former strength.
My torn and tattered past.
Synonyms : shattered