1. falling apart or in a state of disrepair; dilapidated

Examples

• The old barn was tumbledown and unsafe to enter.
• They bought a tumbledown cottage and spent years renovating it.
• The tumbledown fence barely stood upright after the storm.
• Weeds grew through the cracks of the tumbledown stone wall.
• The tumbledown shack had been abandoned for decades.
• Despite its tumbledown appearance, the house had good bones.