ramshackle

ram·shack·le  (rmshkl)

adj.

So poorly constructed or kept up that disintegration is likely; rickety: a ramshackle cabin in the woods.

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[Back-formation from obsolete ranshackled, ramshackle, alteration of ransackled, past participle of ransackle, to ransack, frequentative of Middle English ransaken, to pillage; see ransack.]

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ramshackle [ˈræmˌʃæk^əl]

adj

(esp of buildings) badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict

[C17 ramshackled, from obsolete ransackle to ransack]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ramshackle - in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" broken-down, dilapidated, tumble-down, bedraggled, tatterdemalion, derelict damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"

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ramshackle

adjective rickety, broken-down, crumbling, shaky, unsafe, derelict, flimsy, tottering, dilapidated, decrepit, unsteady, tumbledown, jerry-built a curious ramshackle building
solid, stable, steady, well-built

Translations

ramshackle [ˈræmˌʃækl] ADJ (= tumbledown) [house] → destartalado; [car] → desvencijado

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ramshackle [ˈræmʃæk^əl] adj

[house, building, hotel] → délabré(e)

[system, organization] → délabré(e)

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ramshackle

adj building → morsch, baufällig; car → klapprig, altersschwach; group, movement → schlecht organisiert

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ramshackle [ˈræmˌʃækl] adj (house) → cadente, malandato/a; (car, table) → sgangherato/a

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ramshackle

adj ramshackle [ˈrӕmʃӕkl]

badly made; likely to fall to pieces a ramshackle car. bouvallig مُتَداعٍ، موشِك على الإنْهِيار разнебитен chatrný; na rozpadnutí faldefærdig baufällig ξεχαρβαλωμένος desvencijado, destartalado lagunenud قراضه؛ ناپایدارو متزلزل hatara délabré רָעוּע टूटा-फूटा, डगमग, जर्जर (प्राय: घर या वाहन के लिए) klimav, raskliman rozoga bobrok hrörlegur; lélegur sgangherato こわれそうな 금시라도 무너질 듯한 iškleręs pussagruvis; sagrabējis teruk gammel falleferdig, skrøpelig rozklekotany decrépito şu­bred разваливающийся schátralý, na rozpadnutie razmajan klimav fallfärdig, skraltig คลอนแคลน yıkılacak durumda, harap 粗製濫造的，好像快解體的，搖搖欲墜的 старий; такий, що розвалюється گرا پڑا siêu vẹo 粗制滥造的，摇摇欲坠的