Undergoing natural decomposition; affected by rot or organic dissolution; putrid (as animal and some vegetable matters), soft (as fruits, etc.), or weak (as vegetable fibers, fabrics, etc.) from elemental decay: as, a rotten carcass or egg; a rotten log or plank; rotten cloth.Putrid from organic decay, or from the presence of decomposing matter; hence, of a putrid quality; ill-smelling; fetid.Affected with the disease called rot, as sheep or other animals.Unsound as if from rotting; in a loose or disintegrated state; soft or friable; yielding: as, rotten iron or stone.Unsound in character or quality; in a corrupt or untrustworthy state; destitute of stability or integrity.In printing, said of bad prints from woodcuts, that show holes and broken lines.n. A dialectal variant of ratten.Good for nothing; trashy; mean; detestable.