rickety

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Recent Examples of rickety One very much hopes that those acres make it through today unscathed, but that seems unlikely, and the state hasn’t yet managed to fix its rickety property-insurance system, which will make recovery harder for many. Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2022 Some are too rickety to reliably relocate delicate bottles and glassware without fear of a smashup, others are bereft of functional features, and still others simply don’t look attractive enough to grace your living space. Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 16 Sep. 2022 Those who are old enough remember being afraid to ride the rickety wooden roller coaster. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2022 The underpinnings of the economy, however, still look rickety. Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 15 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for rickety
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rickety
Adjective
  • The Gein farmhouse was a dilapidated house of horrors.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The demolition of the former dilapidated Northridge Mall, which began last year, is finished.
    Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, even if there were no rent freeze, Lee wouldn’t renovate his ramshackle apartment.
    Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Another great opportunity for anthuriums, or for any flower really, that could take a ramshackle bathroom situation to a royal design occasion.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Rickety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rickety. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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