ramshackle

[US]/ˈræmʃækl/

[UK]/ˈræmʃækl/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. in a state of severe disrepair and neglect, difficult to repair.

a ramshackle cabin in the woods.

a ramshackle old hut

Their first car was a ramshackle affair.

a ramshackle antediluvian tenement

lived in a ramshackle, antediluvian tenement;

the great four-storey houses were interspaced with the ramshackle cottages of the workmen.

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