Ramshackle (Adjective)
Meaning
In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The once-thriving amusement park now stood as a ramshackle testament to better days, with its crumbling roller coaster and rusty game booths.
- As the family's financial situation worsened, their house fell into a ramshackle state, with peeling paint and broken windows.
- Years of neglect had turned the beautiful Victorian mansion into a ramshackle shadow of its former self.
- Despite the best efforts of the townspeople, the ramshackle main street still had a dilapidated feel, with broken streetlights and uneven sidewalks.
- After a few bad storms, the small cottage was left in a ramshackle condition, its wooden walls battered and its roof partially torn off.