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