Ramshackle

Adjective

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

 * bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, disorderly, rickety, ruinous, rundown, tatterdemalion, tumbledown

Adverbs for Ramshackle
deplorably; hopelessly; discouragingly; chal- lengingly; dingily; dismally; interestingly; inexpensively; terribly; comically; brightly; charmingly; fascinatingly; merrily; curiously; scandalously; completely; rattily; incredibly; manifestly. adverbs thoroughly;  searchingly; questioningly; inquiringly.

Thesaurus
battered, beat-up, beaten up, broken-down, crumbling, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, doddering, flimsy, groggy, in disrepair, in ruins, insubstantial, jerry-built, neglected, ricketish, rickety, rocky, ruined, ruinous, run-down, shaky, slummy, spidery, spindly, teetering, teetery, tottering, tottery, tumbledown, unstable, unsteady, unsubstantial, wobbly

Etymology
First attested 1830,, from ransackled:, past participle of ransackle:, frequentative of ransaken:.

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"r{m%S{k.@l/}}
 * {{audio|en-us-ramshackle.ogg|Audio (US)}}

Translations

 * Finnish: ränsistynyt, räjähtänyt
 * French:


 * German: baufällig (buildings), klapprig
 * Polish: rozpadający się, rozklekotany