as in abandoned
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
She earns her living buying ramshackle homes, restoring them, and selling them at a profit.
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Recent Examples of ramshackle
And there was an uninsulated, ramshackle garden shed of less than 100 square feet that Ms. Prentiss imagined could be used as a writing studio.
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Tim McKeough, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Living on a ramshackle riverfront house all but sinking into the blue, Liang lives a mostly solitary existence, keeping a joyless job at a waste-management center with only one other visible employee, Hao (Chin Yu-pan).
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
About 10 years ago, the South Campus, in the vicinity of South 10th Street and Alma Avenue, was a somewhat ramshackle spot for the university.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Living in near-poverty in a series of poor apartments, or out of a ramshackle touring van for weeks on end?
—Cat Woods, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Tim McKeough, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Living on a ramshackle riverfront house all but sinking into the blue, Liang lives a mostly solitary existence, keeping a joyless job at a waste-management center with only one other visible employee, Hao (Chin Yu-pan).
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
About 10 years ago, the South Campus, in the vicinity of South 10th Street and Alma Avenue, was a somewhat ramshackle spot for the university.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Living in near-poverty in a series of poor apartments, or out of a ramshackle touring van for weeks on end?
—Cat Woods, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ramshackle
Adjective
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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All except a few dozen hardy souls who formed the historical society and began patching the scars of this tumbledown town.—
Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Mar. 2024
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The project is in a tumbledown section of Oildale, situated between an optical lens store and aquatic pet shop.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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On the show Hill would buy dilapidated homes, fix them up and sell them for a profit.—
Jennifer Sangalang,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The manager of a dilapidated building called the Workers’ Cultural Palace gives a speech about his plans for the space.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Griff's was a cozy space inside with a small, rickety wooden patio in the front and a larger one in the back.—
Brianna Griff,
Chron,
13 Jan. 2023
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Instead of rickety outdoor patios with plastic partitions, diners mostly ate in dining rooms.—
Nick Kindelsperger,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Dec. 2022
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“Ramshackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ramshackle. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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