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Examples of rickety
rickety
The interior also needed a good cleaning, and the rickety chairs need attention.
From the sfgate.com
Most cross the Gulf of Aden in rickety and overcrowded vessels run by smugglers.
From the boston.com
Every rental cottage seems to come with a rickety grill that needs a little TLC.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The worst bottleneck is a rickety, mid-1970s Bailey bridge across a small river.
From the economist.com
Or is this where rickety wheels come off Stuart Lancaster's youthful experiment?
From the guardian.co.uk
The French Third Republic, moreover, was a rickety democratic instrument at best.
From the time.com
Despite the lightweight material and a rickety script, they crackle and ignite.
From the boston.com
He was perched on one of her rickety dining chairs his head clasped in his hands.
From the smh.com.au
On the communal grass there are also several rickety sun loungers awaiting us.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
- Affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient"
- Decrepit: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
- Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky; Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering; Affected with or suffering from rickets
- Unsafe, unsound, shaky
