rickety
IPA: rˈɪkʌti
adjective
- (of an object) Not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.
- (of a person) Feeble in the joints; tottering.
- Affected with or suffering from rickets.
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Examples of "rickety" in Sentences
- There certainly was no rickety structure among these.
- Cyclone, a rickety and rough coaster, was built in 1926.
- It is a very rickety roller coaster with many drops and 2 tunnels.
- Carol begins the season two by purchasing a run down, rickety house.
- Chasing them across a rickety bridge, Eron nearly falls to his death.
- The rickety staircase will collapse and you will plummet to your death.
- The first bridge, a rather rickety wooden structure, was built in 1889.
- A swinging footbridge was used, but was considered rather rickety and unsafe.
- The modern backwater bridges replaced a wooden and somewhat rickety structure.
- A farmer doing his chores will walk up and down a rickety ladder a dozen times.
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