jerry-built

Adjective
Synonyms: shoddy

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. of inferior workmanship and materials“mean little jerry-built houses”Synonyms: shoddy
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Jerry-built \Jer"ry-built`\, a.

1.Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.

Syn: slipshod, ramshackle, flimsy. [1913 Webster]

2.Developed in an unsystematic or inexpert manner; built haphazardly; -- used of objects, organizations, plans, etc. [PJC]

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