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   ramshackle

   /ˈramˌʃakl/

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   • 1. (especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair: "a ramshackle cottage"

   Word Origin early 19th century (originally dialect in the sense ‘irregular, disorderly’): alteration of earlier ramshackled, altered form of obsolete ransackled ‘ransacked’.

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   What does ramshackle mean?

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   What is a ramshackle system?

   • A ramshackle system, union, or collection of things has been put together without much thought and is not likely to work very well. They joined with a ramshackle alliance of other rebels. ...the present tax system, which the opposition says is ramshackle and complicated. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What does ramshackle house mean?

   • loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky: a ramshackle house. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. 1. Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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   • The movie's ramshackle plot is confusing and not believable. Recent Examples on the Web On the second level of the store, where Weil keeps an open-air office, a ramshackle mini-museum that sports a collection of belt buckles alongside examples of the fame Rockmount has long enjoyed outside the music world.

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   Is there a ramshackle cabin near the swamp?

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   Should a ramshackle bill be passed in Port-en-Bessin?

   • Near the charming fishing harbor of Port-en-Bessin is the somewhat ramshackle Musee des Epaves Sous-Marines de Debarquement. They set out a strong set of “best practices” to modernize and improve the ramshackle way our democracy runs elections. Passing this unworkable, ramshackle bill is counterproductive or irrelevant to that task.

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   Ramshackle means appearing ready to collapse or carelessly constructed. It comes from an alteration of ransackled, meaning "to search through or plunder." See examples, synonyms, and word history.

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   adjective. in deplorable condition. “a ramshackle old pier”. synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, tumble-down. damaged. harmed or injured or spoiled.

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   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.

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   Ramshackle means badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict. Find the origin, usage, and translations of this adjective, as well as related words and antonyms.