rickety

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.
2. Feeble in the joints; tottering.
3. Affected with or suffering from rickets; rachitic.

Konzepte

wackelig

gebrechlich

rachitisch

baufällig

hinfällig

klapprig

abgelebt

verfallen

bejahrt

🧓

betagt

wacklig

alt

🧓

Synonyme

dilapidated

shaky

decrepit

wobbly

ramshackle

fragile

unstable

lapsed

decayed

weak

rachitic

unsteady

frail

weakly

worn-out

tumbledown

lame

broken

damaged

destroyed

ruined

shabby

wonky

sway

loose

rocky

not firm

debile

sapless

seedy

flimsy

rattletrap

not strong

feeble

void

infirm

insecure

ethereal

delicate

crumbly

venerable

cranky

broken down

wobble

brittle

worn out

breakable

doddery

in bad condition

be rickety

hobbling

inoperative

aged

friable

lopsided

old

🧓

paralytic

frangible

rock

🪨

crambling

shake

🫨

tender

threadbare

tottering

tottery

Übersetzungen

gammel

aftands

bouwvallig

wrak

délabré

branlant

bancal

caduc

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɹɪk.ɪ.ti/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From dialectal ricket (“unstable, rickety”) + -y, and/or ricket (“to move noisily and in a reckless way”) + -y.
Alternatively, and perhaps less likely, from rickets + -y.