Definition of "beaten-up" [beaten-up]

• Worn by use into a deplorable condition. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "“These are good, very good,” he said to nobody in particular as he waded back and forth between the stalactites hanging from the spectral ironworks on the walls and the measuring and collecting instruments stored in a beaten-up backpack."
• "A beaten-up truck pulled into the loading zone out front and two men wearing lifting belts climbed out, speaking Spanish."
• "Now Mr. Prime Minister, this Turkey of politically pressured columnists, officially intimidated hand-holders and beaten-up art gallery attendees is not the progressive democratic country you were talking about."