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rickety

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rickety in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
    "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
    decrepit  debile  feeble  infirm  rickety  sapless  weak  weakly 
  2. affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
    "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient"
    rickety  rachitic 
  3. 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"
    rickety  shaky  wobbly  wonky 
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