ramshackle
adj/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”).
- derived from ransaken
Definitions
In disrepair or disorder
In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
- They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.
- Steady old Curés come jolting past, now and then, in such ramshackle, rusty, musty, clattering coaches as no Englishman would believe in;[…]
- There came […] my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach.
Badly or carelessly organized.
- So ramshackle was the locals' attempt at defence that, with energetic wingers pouring into the space behind panicked full-backs and centre-halves dizzied by England's movement, it was cruel to behold at times.
To ransack.
The neighborhood
- synonymshabby
- synonymtacky
- synonymscroungy
- synonymbeat
- synonymbeat up
- synonymbeaten up
- synonymbedraggled
- synonymbroken-down
- synonymcrumbling
- synonymderelict
- synonymdilapidated
- synonymdraggled
- antonymintact
- antonymin good repair
- antonymlike new
- antonymrustless
- antonymspick-and-span
- antonymthrifty
- antonymunbroken
- antonymundamaged
- antonymunimpaired
- antonymuntainted
- antonymwell-kept
- antonymwell-preserved
- neighborabandoned
- neighborcheerless
- neighbordangerous
- neighbordeteriorated
- neighborbroken
- neighborjagged
- neighbortattered
- neighborrickety
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA