rickety

rick·et·y  (rk-t)

adj. rick·et·i·er, rick·et·i·est

1. Likely to break or fall apart; shaky.

2. Feeble with age; infirm.

3. Of, having, or resembling rickets.

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[From rickets.]

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ricket·i·ness n.

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rickety

Adjective

1. likely to collapse or break: a rickety wooden table

2. resembling or afflicted with rickets

ricketiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	rickety - inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky" shaky, wobbly, wonky unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
	2.	rickety - affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient" rachitic ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
	3.	rickety - lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" debile, infirm, sapless, weakly, decrepit, feeble, weak frail - physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"

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rickety

adjective shaky, broken, weak, broken-down, frail, insecure, feeble, precarious, derelict, flimsy, wobbly, imperfect, tottering, ramshackle, dilapidated, decrepit, unsteady, unsound, infirm, jerry-built

Translations

rickety [ˈrɪkɪtɪ] adj (= old) → desvencijado (= shaky); tambaleante

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rickety [ˈrɪkɪtɪ] adj → branlant(e)

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rickety [ˈrɪkɪtɪ] adj (chair etc) → wackelig

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rickety [ˈrɪkɪtɪ] adj → zoppicante

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rickety

adj rickety [ˈrikəti]

not well built; unsteady; likely to fall over or collapse a rickety table. wankelrig, lendelam مُتَقَلْقِل، عُرْضَةٌ للسُّقوط разнебитен vratký vakkelvorn wacklig ξεχαρβαλωμένος, ασταθής tambaleante, inseguro kipakas, logisev زهوار درفته hutera délabré, branlant רָעוּעַ डावांडोल ruševan rozoga reyot valtur, óstöðugur sgangherato, traballante がたがたする 쓰러질 듯한, 흔들흔들하는; 허약한 iškleręs ļodzīgs tidak stabil wankel lealaus, skranglete chybotliwy inseguro şubred; precar шаткий vratký, roztrasený majav klimav skranglig, vinglig ง่อนแง่น köhne, çürük 動搖擺的 хиткий, нестійкий کمزور جوڑوں کا ọp ẹp 动摇摆的