Local English word record

jury-rigged

adjective · 1 sense

done or made using whatever is available

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Examples

  • crossed the river on improvised bridges
  • the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear
  • the rock served as a makeshift hammer

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Synonyms

improvised, makeshift

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