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
The Palestinian town is next to a ramshackle Israeli settler outpost known as Evyatar.
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Avery Schmitz, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
Just a mile to the southeast lies the ramshackle Santa Cruz cemetery, where in 1991 at least 250 unarmed civilians were massacred by Indonesian troops.
—Charlie Campbell / Dili, Timor-Leste, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
Yet many Afghans still see their ramshackle state as illegitimate, and progress toward rebuilding and stabilizing the country remains elusive.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2011
Branch, outside a decaying town of 2,000 in one of America’s poorest counties, sits a ramshackle red brick home.
—Michael Kranish, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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Avery Schmitz, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
Just a mile to the southeast lies the ramshackle Santa Cruz cemetery, where in 1991 at least 250 unarmed civilians were massacred by Indonesian troops.
—Charlie Campbell / Dili, Timor-Leste, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
Yet many Afghans still see their ramshackle state as illegitimate, and progress toward rebuilding and stabilizing the country remains elusive.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2011
Branch, outside a decaying town of 2,000 in one of America’s poorest counties, sits a ramshackle red brick home.
—Michael Kranish, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ramshackle
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According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
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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
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So where does this leave buyers without a few million in cash to throw down on a dilapidated brownstone?Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 Dec. 2024
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By then, mice and cats had beat him to it, nesting into the corners of the Nora Store and in its dilapidated kitchen.Angela George, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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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 31 Dec. 2024.
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