ramshackle

(răm'shăk'əl)
adj.
So poorly constructed or kept up that disintegration is likely; rickety: a ramshackle cabin in the woods.

[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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adjective

Falling to ruin: dilapidated, ruinous, rundown, tumbledown. See better/worse.

adj

Definition: falling apart; in poor condition
Antonyms: good, nice, repaired, stable, sturdy, well-maintained

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adj.

Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our earlier architects preferred the Ironic. Recent additions to the White House in Washington are Theo-Doric, the ecclesiastic order of the Dorians. They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a brick.

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IN BRIEF: Ready to fall down.

The ramshackle mansion had stood alone on the bluff for a hundred years.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - faldefærdig, vakkelvorn

Nederlands (Dutch)
gammel, krakkemikkig

Français (French)
adj. - (lit, fig) délabré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - klapprig, verfallen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ετοιμόρροπος, ξεχαρβαλωμένος, σαραβαλιασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
decrepito

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - em ruínas (casa)

Русский (Russian)
обветшалый, дряхлый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desvencijado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fallfärdig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
像要倒的, 无力的, 摇晃的, 腐败的, 摇摇欲坠的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 像要倒的, 無力的, 搖晃的, 腐敗的, 搖搖欲墜的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 넘어질 듯한, 줏대 없는, 흔들거리는, 아무렇게나 만든

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 倒れそうな, がたがたの, 定見のない, 今にも倒れそうな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) آيل للسقوط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מט ליפול, רעוע‬

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