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ram·shack·le [ˈræmˌʃækl̩] ADJ

1. ramshackle (dilapidated):

ramshackle
ramshackle
ramshackle building
ramshackle building

2. ramshackle (disorganized):

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ramshackle
ramshackle

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The name was used into the 20th century as a term for a ramshackle marketplace, protected by ancient custom and the independence of their patrons.
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The other operators were bought out and the ramshackle collection of buildings on the summit was cleared.
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Public-health physicians and politicians typically blamed both the poor themselves and their ramshackle tenement houses (conventillos) for the spread of the dreaded disease.
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It was in this ramshackle and run-down house that they found an illegal way of borrowing electricity from the house next door.
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Little more than five years old, the compound's ramshackle buildings were badly in need of repainting.
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His purpose is to use each research adventure to help erect a less ramshackle theoretical edifice for the group and organizational sciences.
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The company, which owned nine second-hand tank engines and had a staff of 122, was described as being ramshackle.
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An eerie-looking figure is then seen standing before a ramshackle train station, offering guests train tickets to the underworld.
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Doe's has been described as having a dive-y atmosphere and ramshackle surroundings.
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The buildings are generally ramshackle, and the alleys are dimly lit, giving the area a very scruffy and run-down appearance.
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