ramshackle

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Pronunciation

• enPR: rămʹshăk'əl, IPA: /ˈɹæmˌʃæk.əl/

Adjective

ramshackle

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

   • There came […] my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach.

   • 1914, David Lloyd George

     A ramshackle old empire. (of Austria-Hungary).

   They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.
   He entered the ramshackle bus, and was driven a long distance through very sandy streets to the hotel on the St. Lawrence.

Synonyms

• (in disrepair or disorder) See Thesaurus:ramshackle

Translations

• French: délabré
• German: baufällig buildings, klapprig
• Italian: diroccante, traballante, pericolante, cadente, sgangherato, malandato
• Portuguese: malcuidado
• Russian: разваливающийся

Verb

ramshackle (ramshackles, present participle ramshackling; past and past participle ramshackled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To ransack.

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