ramshackle
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˈræmˌʃækəl/
:
destartalado
- Two cows are shooed out of the ramshackle building as bustling activity on the new clinic begins.
- a ramshackle hut
- a ramshackle superstructure
So the government condemned the property and argued this is just a ramshackle old building is not worth anything.
- So the government condemned the property and argued this is just a ramshackle old building is not worth anything.
- They basically tore down an old ramshackle building and created space for that, for that AIDS clinic.
- You know, that was a felt a little ramshackle in that sense.
- It was kind of a ramshackle exploit, but there's that network.
Examples
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Off the track a short way loomed a smudgy mass, a ramshackle cottage.
Fiction book (1993) -
So the government condemned the property and argued this is just a ramshackle old building is not worth anything.
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So he went to a ramshackle little place and bought material from there.
Academic text (2006) -
The farm was a series of ramshackle wood buildings, all a weathered gray tone.
Fiction book (1992) -
We found Floyd on the steps of a ramshackle religious shelter several blocks away.
Academic text (2006) -
We had two rooms plus a kitchen and bath in an unpretentiously ramshackle postwar apartment building.
Fiction book (1995) -
Instead, they could be a ramshackle collection of huts and outhouses, often lacking the most basic facilities.
Academic text (2005) -
At dawn, Beersheba was a dusty, ramshackle pioneer town out of the American Old West.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Skirting the bazaar, the two approached the ale-house, a ramshackle structure of stone and weather-beaten planks.
Fiction book (1993) -
The old, ramshackle house creaked with every gust of wind, making it clear that it had not been maintained for years.
Synonyms
33
2.5
Worn and in poor condition because of long use or little care
24
4.4
In very poor condition and not working because of age or neglect
23
3.8
A place or thing that is very badly damaged, often used for buildings and companies
18
6.2
A building that is very old and badly damaged because no one fixed it
18
5.9
Unstable and likely to fall, like an old chair or bridge
14
7.5
A place or building that is abandoned and in very bad condition from lack of use
1
6.7
An old building in very bad condition because no one repaired it
A building that is old, not cared for, and falling apart
Something in very bad condition and nearly falling apart
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dilapidated
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ramshackle can be remembered as ram + shackle — a picture of parts 'pushed' together and 'tied' so they barely hold, so ramshackle means badly made and likely to fall apart.