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• s  inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
  a rickety table
• s  affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
  rickety limbs and joints
• s  lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

• When all the tapes in a rickety video store are destroyed, two guys (Jack Black and Mos Def) create their own slapdash versions of famous films.
• DVD, in medium or high definition, is nowhere to be found in his rickety establishment, where Mike (Def) works behind the counter and Jerry (Black) lives in a trailer across the .
• As he constructs his rickety thesis, with Zack and Miri recruiting cast and crew for their X-rated masterpiece, the one spark of comedy brilliance is provided by Justin Long (the .

• shaky
• wobbly
• wonky
• rachitic
• decrepit
• debile
• feeble
• infirm
• sapless
• weak
• weakly

News & Articles

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• More than just good showmanship: 4-H emphasizes responsibility, collaboration and mentorship at the San Mateo County ...
  The San Mateo County Fair greets visitors with high-pitched carnival music, aromas of deep-fried foods and the roaring of rickety rides. The overwhelming sights and smells can pull you in all directions at once.
  June 14, 2013 - San Mateo Daily Journal
• Short WNBA Rosters Are A Problem For Sun, Other Teams
  The Connecticut Sun and Indiana Fever appeared to be rocking in the same rickety boat Wednesday.        
  June 13, 2013 - Hartford Courant
• Norah the jet bike: Horribly unsafe, terribly fun
  Hobbyist inventor and several-time Guinness World Record holder Colin Furze has strapped a pulse jet to a rickety old bicycle. Why? Well, in his mad world, why not? Originally posted at Crave
  June 11, 2013 - CNET

Quotes

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• President Bush in Times of India
  Hundreds of thousands more fled the country on rickety boats, many of them going to their graves in the South China Sea,said Bush, who pleaded for patience with the US-led security crackdown in Iraq.
• Alex Neil in Scotsman
  Housing and communities minister Alex Neil said: "Through the boiler scrappage scheme, we will help people replace rickety old boilers for new energy-saving models and, importantly, put money back into the pockets of householders. At the same time,...
• Lewis Hamilton in GulfNews
  It was "a 10th-hand, rickety old thing when dad bought it, but he worked night and day to rebuild it like new," said Lewis.