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dilapidation > dilapidated = ramshackle = broken-down = tumble-down =
tatterdemalion {ragamuffin} = derelict ~ rickety = shaky = wobbly
• (ramshackle)- loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky, ( ;
; ); The country cars were of a ramshackle order, and the
drivers were often reckless. — Men of Invention and Industry;
• (tumble-down)- in a falling state; dilapidated; decayed; ruinous; What
happened to the old woman who lives in that tumble-down shanty over the
way? — The Promised Land;
• (tatterdemalion)- a person wearing ragged or tattered clothing; a
ragamuffin; When Reynolds was in Rome, aged twenty-one, he fell in with
a tatterdemalion, who proffered his service as guide. — Little Journeys to the
Homes of Eminent Painters;
• (ragamuffin)- a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion, ( ,
, ); No ragamuffin was ever so
tattered and torn as this rakish individual. — Truxton King A Story of
Graustark;
• (derelict)- neglectful of duty; delinquent; negligent, ( ;
); The derelict craft was a menace to navigation. If they fail to do it
they are derelict, and can be punished, or deprived of all advantages arising
from the labors of those who do. — The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman,
Volume I., Part 2;
• (rickety)- feeble with age; infirm, ( ; ); Squinting, I could
make out what looked like a small farmhouse, with a couple of
rickety outbuildings. — The Fiery Cross;
• (shaky)- lacking soundness or sturdiness, as of construction; A shaky, no
longer cocky voice came from the gangway. — The Day of the Dissonance;
• (wobbly)- shaky; unsteady, ( ); The heat
worsened, and by the end of the first day her head felt like a wobbly bowling
ball. — Kate;