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ram·shack·le
(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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ramshackle
(ˈræmˌʃækəl)adj
(esp of buildings) badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict
[C17 ramshackled, from obsolete ransackle to ransack]
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ram•shack•le
(ˈræmˌʃæk əl)adj.
loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky: a ramshackle house.
[1815–25]
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Adj. | 1. | ramshackle - in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" |
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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
solid, stable, steady, well-built
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ramshackle
adjectiveFalling to ruin:
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Translations
مُتَداعٍ، موشِك على الإنْهِيار
chatrnýna rozpadnutí
faldefærdig
hrörlegur; lélegur
pussagruvissagrabējis
na spadnutie
harapyıkılacak durumda
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ramshackle
[ˈræmʃækəl] adj [house, building, hotel] → délabré(e)
[system, organization] → délabré(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ramshackle
adj building → morsch, baufällig; car → klapprig, altersschwach; group, movement → schlecht organisiert
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ramshackle
(ˈrӕmʃӕkl) adjective badly made; likely to fall to pieces. a ramshackle car.
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