1. appearing ready to collapse; badly maintained or constructed

Examples

• The ramshackle barn looked like it might fall down in the next storm.
• They lived in a ramshackle cottage at the edge of town.
• The old pier was ramshackle and unsafe for walking.
• His ramshackle car barely made it up the hill.
• The ramshackle fence needed immediate repair.
• We explored the ramshackle ruins of the abandoned factory.