worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"
its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack
If you describe something as creaky, you think it is bad in some way because it is old or old-fashioned. its creaky and corrupt political system