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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
Adjective
  • At times, Alcaraz was almost as clumsy as Federer in his last hurrah here against Hubert Hurkacz in 2021.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • But things get weighed down by a clumsy body-swapping plot and a pairing between Joe and 22 that never fully pays off.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Fort Worth water department is using the Village Creek Drying Beds as part of an emergency response to a spill of 2,600 barrels of crude oil near Lake Arlington in early May.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
  • China's demand for petrol and diesel is falling as electric vehicle sales surge, but the trend is being masked by the country's massive strategic stockpiling of crude oil, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.
    Jenni Reid, CNBC, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Most young kids who are just getting used to their animal friends tend to be a little rough with them at first.
    Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 9 July 2025
  • His second and third seasons were especially rough.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Nearly one in four Gen Z professionals viewed the thumbs-up as rude or hostile.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • Mowing during a neighbor’s party is considered rude because the noise disrupts conversation and spoils the relaxed mood.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Maryland’s home detention/electronic monitoring system is flawed and needs fixing.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2025
  • Jess and Felix, by contrast, are real, funny, messy, horny, flawed people.
    Judy Berman, Time, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Quite often, imperfect games like Lost Planet 2 age more gracefully than polished crowd-pleasers.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 27 June 2025
  • Nobody admits that all this activity serves as cover for avoiding the work that scares us: making real decisions, shipping imperfect products, having difficult conversations.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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“Jury-rigged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jury-rigged. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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