ramshackle

Meaning

Adj

1. In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
2. Badly or carelessly organized.

Verb

To ransack.

Synonyms

dilapidated

rickety

tumbledown

worn-out

decrepit

shabby

decayed

damaged

tumble-down

derelict

destroyed

broken

ruined

bedraggled

lapsed

old

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void

shaky

seedy

tatterdemalion

broken-down

crambling

crumbly

floppy

groggy

haywire

shoddy

tottering

tottery

unstable

venerable

in ruins

aged

Translations

délabré

gammel

baufällig

bouwvallig

wrak

decrépito

ruinoso

pericolante

decrepito

klapprig

hinfällig

gebrechlich

abgelebt

vieux

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ερειπωμένος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹæmˌʃæk.əl/

Etymology

First attested in 1830, a back-formation from ramshackled, from ransackled, past participle of ransackle (“to ransack”), frequentative of Middle English ransaken (“to pillage”).