tumbledown

Definition

In disrepair; poorly maintained.

Etymology

Deverbal from tumble down.

Example Sentences

• "They lived in a tumbledown shack on the edge of the woods."
• "The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder."
• "Some distance north of both stations was a rather small and tumbledown shed for Great Central engines, and there was generally one or more goods tank engines outside it, painted black and lined out in red."