jerry-built

English - Turkish

Definition of jerry-built in English Turkish dictionary

(ev/vb.) kötü malzemeyle inşa edilmiş

kötü malzeme ile inşaa edilmiş

derme çatma

adi harçla inşa edilmiş

kötü malzeme ile inşaa edilmiş

derme çatma

Related Terms

jerry built house

derme çatma ev

jerry built housing

(Çevre) derme çatma konut

English - English

Definition of jerry-built in English English dictionary

Built cheaply and shoddily

of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

disapproval If you describe houses or blocks of flats as jerry-built, you are critical of the fact that they have been built very quickly and cheaply, without much care for safety or quality. jerry-built equipment The place is a bit jerry-built. built cheaply, quickly, and badly

of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses

built quickly and with poor quality

Related Terms

jerrybuilt

Anything that is ill-constructed

jerrybuilt

Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure

jerrybuilt

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

Hyphenation

jer·ry-built

Synonyms

cheap, defective, insubstantial, jerry-rigged, junky, makeshift, ramshackle, rickety, shoddy, slipshod, unsound, unsubstantial

Etymology

() A pejorative of unknown origin concerning 'Jerry' or a derivation of jury-rigged, which is from nautical term for a short-term replacement of the mast and yards.