likely to fall or collapse; shaky

a rickety chair.

feeble in the joints; tottering; infirm

a rickety old man.

old, dilapidated, or in disrepair.

irregular, as motion or action.

affected with or suffering from rickets.

pertaining to or of the nature of rickets.

adjective

sound , stable

adjective

broken , decrepit , derelict , dilapidated , feeble , flimsy , fragile , frail , imperfect , infirm , insecure , jerry-built * , precarious , ramshackle , rattletrap , rocky , shaky , tottering , tottery , tumble-down , unsteady , wavering , weak , wobbly , crazy , rachitic , tenuous , tremulous , unsafe , unsound , unstable