how to pronounce battered

/ˈbætɚd/

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battered is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of battered in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that one the team's battered very deeply …”

meanings of battered

adjective:

Coated with batter.
Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of batter.

battered frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word battered occurs in english on average 4.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.