rickety

rickety
adj
1. shaky, unsteady, unstable, unsound, unfixed, unsecure, unsafe, precarious, hanging by a thread; tottering, teetering, doddering.
2. infirm, feeble, frail; withered, wasted, worn-out; unhealthy, in poor health, on the decline, reduced to skin and bones, skeleton-like; crippled, lame, halt; (all of bones) brittle, frangible, fragile, breakable.
3. dilapidated, deteriorated, battered, in disrepair, broken-down, tumble-down, ramshackle, seedy, decrepit; old, ancient, on its last legs, the worst for wear, having seen better days.
4. irregular, uncertain, unsure, unpredictable, erratic, fickle, capricious, changeable; sporadic, fitful, desultory, stop-and-go, come-and-go.

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  • Rickety — Rick et*y, a. 1. Affected with rickets. [1913 Webster] 2. Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rickety — index imperfect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • rickety — liable to fall down, 1680s, from RICKETS (Cf. rickets) (with + Y (Cf. y) (2)), via notion of weak, unhealthy. Literal sense is from c.1720 but never common in English. Of material things, from 1799 …   Etymology dictionary

  • rickety — meaning ‘insecure or shaky’, is spelt ety, not etty …   Modern English usage

  • rickety — [adj] unsound, broken down broken, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, imperfect, infirm, insecure, jerry built*, precarious, ramshackle, rattletrap*, rocky, shaky, tottering, tottery*, tumble down, unsteady, wavering …   New thesaurus

  • rickety — ► ADJECTIVE 1) poorly made and likely to collapse. 2) suffering from rickets. DERIVATIVES ricketiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • rickety — [rik′it ē] adj. 1. of or having rickets 2. weak in the joints; tottering 3. liable to fall or break down because weak; shaky ricketiness n …   English World dictionary

  • rickety — UK [ˈrɪkətɪ] / US adjective Word forms rickety : adjective rickety comparative ricketier superlative ricketiest a rickety structure or piece of furniture is likely to break if you put any weight on it, often because it is old a rickety… …   English dictionary

  • rickety — adjective Date: 1683 1. affected with rickets 2. a. lacking stability or firmness ; shaky 2a < a rickety coalition > b. in unsound physical condition < rickety veterans > < rickety stairs > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rickety — rick|et|y [ˈrıkıti] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: rickets] a rickety structure or piece of furniture is in very bad condition, and likely to break easily ▪ a rickety old wooden chair ▪ a rickety bridge …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • rickety — ricketiness, n. /rik i tee/, adj., ricketier, ricketiest. 1. likely to fall or collapse; shaky: a rickety chair. 2. feeble in the joints; tottering; infirm: a rickety old man. 3. old, dilapidated, or in disrepair. 4. irregular, as motion or… …   Universalium

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