rickety

/ˈrɪkɪdi/

/ˈrɪkɪti/

Something rickety — like an old shack — is shaky and likely to fall down because it's fragile.

Some buildings are sturdy, solid, and strong. Others are rickety: rickety things might blow over from a slight breeze. Rickety things are poorly designed or have just become rickety because of aging. Rickety things tend to shake, which is a sign they might fall apart any second. If you put a heavy load in a rickety cart, you might lost your load!

Definitions of rickety

1. adjective

   inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
   “a rickety table”

   synonyms: shaky, wobbly, wonky

   unstable

   lacking stability or fixity or firmness
2. adjective

   lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
   synonyms: debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, sapless, weak, weakly

   frail

   physically weak
3. adjective

   affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
   “rickety limbs and joints”

   synonyms: rachitic

   ill, sick

   affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function