"tumbledown" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more tumbledown [comparative], most tumbledown [superlative], tumble-down [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal from tumble down. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|tumble down}} Deverbal from tumble down Head templates: {{en-adj}} tumbledown (comparative more tumbledown, superlative most tumbledown)
  1. In disrepair; poorly maintained. Synonyms: ramshackle Translations (in disrepair, poorly maintained): разнебитен (raznebiten) (Bulgarian), порутен (poruten) (Bulgarian), fallefærdig (Danish), ütött-kopott (Hungarian), falleferdig (Norwegian Bokmål), falleferdig (Norwegian Nynorsk), обветша́лый (obvetšályj) (Russian), ruinoso (Spanish)
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