Usually means: Poorly constructed and falling apart.
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  1. ramshackle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ramshackle: Merriam-Webster
  3. ramshackle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ramshackle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ramshackle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ramshackle: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ramshackle, ramshackle: Wordnik
  8. ramshackle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ramshackle: Wiktionary
  10. ramshackle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ramshackle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ramshackle: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Ramshackle, ramshackle: Dictionary.com
  14. ramshackle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. ramshackle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Ramshackle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Ramshackle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. ramshackle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. ramshackle: Rhymezone
  20. Ramshackle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. ramshackle: FreeDictionary.org
  22. ramshackle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Ramshackle: The Word Detective
  24. ramshackle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ramshackle: Legal dictionary

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  1. Ramshackle: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
▸ adjective:  Badly or carelessly organized.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To ransack.

Similar:
bedraggled, damaged, dilapidated, broken-down, unsound, tumble-down, ramshackly, jackleg, shambolic, janked, more...

Opposite:
sturdy, sound, well-built, well-maintained, solid

Types:
shanty, shack, shantytown, shacktown, more...

Phrases:
ramshackle dwelling, ramshackle residence, more...

Adjectives:
more, old, such, little, few, hearted, pretty, nondescript, small, somewhat

Colors:
    rust,     olive,     mustard,     sepia,     charcoal, more...


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Similar:
bedraggled, damaged, dilapidated, broken-down, unsound, tumble-down, ramshackly, jackleg, shambolic, janked, more...

Opposite:
sturdy, sound, well-built, well-maintained, solid

Types:
shanty, shack, shantytown, shacktown, more...

Phrases:
ramshackle dwelling, ramshackle residence, more...

Adjectives:
more, old, such, little, few, hearted, pretty, nondescript, small, somewhat

Colors:
    rust,     olive,     mustard,     sepia,     charcoal, more...



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