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adjective

Definition of jury-riggednext
as in clumsy
hastily or roughly constructed a jury-rigged system for supplying the town's water while the main pumping station is being repaired

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jury-rigged

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verb

past tense of jury-rig
as in patched (together)
to make or assemble roughly or hastily we jury-rigged shelves out of cartons and crates until we could afford real furniture

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jury-rigged
  1. clumsy
  2. crude
  3. rough
  4. rude
  5. flawed
  6. imperfect
Adjective
  • One of its stranger spinoffs was the grandiose, tactically clumsy Symbionese Liberation Army — an army of perhaps a dozen white men and women led by a black escaped convict.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Maye represents Tomorrowland for an organization that’s desperately trying to move on from a half-decade of clumsy, disheveled yesterdays, which means his health and fitness are mighty important.
    Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of clumsy
Adjective
  • Goldman Sachs estimates that the vessels targeted by the sanctions amounted to 25% of Russia’s energy exports, with the majority being crude oil.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
  • With 1 million barrels of crude oil aboard, it had been struck and later sabotaged with explosives by the Houthis as part of their campaign over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
    JON GAMBRELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of crude
Adjective
  • Harvard expert Many Americans feel behind on retirement planning Delaying retirement may not rescue you from poor savings Those with lower earnings — say, less than $50,000 a year — can probably save less, perhaps around 10%, Blanchett said, as a rough approximation.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Battling high winds and rough seas, the ship came perilously close to running aground on rocky shores.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of rough
Adjective
  • Less than one day into 2025, the superstar has already punched in with one of her characteristic comebacks, shutting down a troll who demanded new music and called her a rude name on Instagram Wednesday (Jan. 1).
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Your relative needs to stop running roughshod over you or risk being thought rude.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of rude
Adjective
  • Better than biogas Despite the shortcomings of California’s decision to value manure biogas so highly, there was some logic — however flawed — to the decision.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 13 Jan. 2025
  • But an analysis by the Associated Press late last year found the study had relied on old and flawed data to make its conclusions.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of flawed
Adjective
  • In a partial solar eclipse, the alignment is imperfect, leaving the sun's light to form a crescent shape.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • But the surveys in the sky and on the water are also imperfect, so scientists are ramping up the effort to track the whales in other ways – especially in the Southeast, where the whales migrate to give birth this time of year.
    Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of imperfect
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