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- Dictionaryramshackle/ˈramˌʃakl/
adjective
- 1. (especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair: "a ramshackle cottage"
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Ramshackle means badly or untidily made and likely to break or fall down easily, or badly organized. See synonyms, related words, and translations of ramshackle in different languages.
Ramshackle means appearing ready to collapse or carelessly constructed. Learn the origin, usage, and examples of this word from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Ramshackle means in a very bad condition and needing repair, or badly organized or designed. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, pronunciation and pictures.
Ramshackle definition: loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky. See examples of RAMSHACKLE used in a sentence.
It's ramshackle — in other words, in terrible condition and barely holding together. If you think there's a similarity between a place that's been ransacked and a place that's ramshackle, you'd be right.
badly or messily made and likely to break or fall down easily: There's a ramshackle old shed at the bottom of the garden. Synonyms. broken-down. decrepit. derelict. dilapidated. rickety. run-down. tumbledown. badly organized: We need to reorganize this ramshackle system. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. In bad condition. battered.
Ramshackle means badly made or in bad condition, and looks as if it is likely to fall down. It can also describe a system, union, or collection of things that is not likely to work very well.
