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ramshackle

[ ram-shak-uhl ]

adjective

  1. loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky:

    a ramshackle house.

    Synonyms: flimsy, derelict, dilapidated



ramshackle

/ ˈræmˌʃækəl /

adjective

  1. (esp of buildings) badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • ramshackle·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ramshackle1

1815–25; compare earlier rans(h)ackled, obscurely akin to ransack
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ramshackle1

C17 ramshackled , from obsolete ransackle to ransack
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Example Sentences

After the closure of the school in the early 1900s, the Hôtel Biron housed ramshackle apartments and art studios rented by various Belle Epoque-era luminaries including Jean Cocteau and Isadora Duncan.

These unique items stand out to scrollers in a sea of content, and their original websites may be as ramshackle as the scam pages, making it difficult to discern the actual source.

From Time

My fondest moments as a student were in that ramshackle but storied building.

Mayorga evokes ramshackle dwellings of her native Colombia and elsewhere with “Beautiful Facade,” a pink-painted cardboard and wood model.

Near the charming fishing harbor of Port-en-Bessin is the somewhat ramshackle Musee des Epaves Sous-Marines de Debarquement.

They set out a strong set of “best practices” to modernize and improve the ramshackle way our democracy runs elections.

Passing this unworkable, ramshackle bill is counterproductive or irrelevant to that task.

Houses, some grand, others ramshackle, sit empty, cars in driveways.

The main underlying cause of Election Day chaos remains our ramshackle voter registration system.

He drives a white mule, and has managed to put a top of sail cloth on an old ramshackle buggy, which he calls a 'shay.'

Oh, yes; that ramshackle place near the swamp, with the gipsy-looking people hanging about.

This last as the party rounded a clump of trees and through the rain saw a low, ramshackle cabin ahead of them.

In the street a luxurious limousine was tooting for a ramshackle prairie schooner to turn to one side.

This ramshackle thing we're setting up now couldn't even begin to turn out the ties alone.

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