ricketiness
Ready to collapse
Ricketiness is the quality of being rickety—unstable, shaky, or liable to collapse.
It describes the condition of structures, furniture, or systems that seem ready to fall apart: the ricketiness of the old porch made visitors nervous.
The word can extend to abstractions: the ricketiness of their argument became apparent under questioning.
Weakness of body
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- feeblenessLack of strength
- debilityImpaired strength or vitality
- weaknessDeficiency in force
unsteadiness · shakiness · tremor · decrepitude · enfeeblement · wasting · decline · deterioration
Easily broken or harmed
- brittleLiable to shatter
- frailWeak and breakable
- breakableCapable of shattering
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
crumbly · weak · vulnerable · precarious · tenuous · insubstantial · frangible · gimcrack
State of ruin
- disrepairPoor maintained condition
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- crumblingBreaking down gradually
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
ramshackle · decrepit · tumbledown · rundown · jerry-built · flimsy · shoddy · makeshift
frailty
Weakness of body
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- feeblenessLack of strength
- debilityImpaired strength or vitality
weakness · unsteadiness · shakiness · tremor · decrepitude · enfeeblement · wasting · decline · deterioration · fragile
delicate
Easily broken or harmed
flimsy · crumbly · weak · vulnerable · precarious · tenuous · insubstantial · frangible · gimcrack · threadbare
dilapidation
State of ruin
deterioration · ramshackle · decrepit · tumbledown · rundown · jerry-built · flimsy · shoddy · makeshift · patched
wobbling
Moving unsteadily, wavering
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
shaky · unsteady · trembling · rocking · lurching · quivering · juddering · shuddering · faltering · wavering
- fragilityfragility, brittleness, delicacy, frailty, feebleness
ricketinesssturdiness
Strength and solidity
solidity · steadiness · stability · firmness · solidness
ricketinessreliability
Consistent, predictable performance
dependability · trustworthiness · soundness · serviceability · roadworthiness
ricketinesssoundness
Reliability of structure
robustness · healthiness · reliability · dependability · ruggedness