ramshackle

ram·shack·le

R0035200 (răm′shăk′əl)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.]

ramshackle

(ˈræmˌʃækəl) adj(esp of buildings) badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict[C17 ramshackled, from obsolete ransackle to ransack]

ram•shack•le

(ˈræmˌʃæk əl)

adj. loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky: a ramshackle house. [1815–25]

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, derelictdamaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"

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

ramshackle

adjectiveFalling to ruin:dilapidated, ruinous, rundown, tumbledown.

Translations

摇摇欲坠的粗制滥造的

ramshackle

(ˈrӕmʃӕkl) adjective badly made; likely to fall to pieces. a ramshackle car. 粗製濫造的，好像快解體的，搖搖欲墜的 粗制滥造的，摇摇欲坠的