tumbledown

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tumbledown

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Deverbal from tumble down.

adjective more tumbledown · most tumbledown · tumble-down

In disrepair; poorly maintained. They lived in a tumbledown shack on the edge of the woods.
Similar: ramshackle

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adj in disrepair, poorly maintained

Español	ruinoso
Русский	обветша́лый obvetšályj

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@misc{tumbledown_2026,
  title = {tumbledown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tumbledown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}