Synonyms for jury-rigged
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : joo r-ee-rig |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʊər iˌrɪg |
Top 10 synonyms for jury-rigged
Définition of jury-rigged
- As in quick-and-dirty : adj done faster and easier but slipshod
- Perry grinned at the jury-rigged cooler and rummaged around in its mouth for a while.
- Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
- They had jury-rigged the entire mess so that it stuck together on the old heap.
- Extract from : « Code Three » by Rick Raphael
- At a safe distance from the bore site, a master control panel had been jury-rigged to control all units simultaneously.
- Extract from : « The Thirst Quenchers » by Rick Raphael
- Copeland worked the jury-rigged controls of the jet, continuing to decelerate.
- Extract from : « Comet's Burial » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- He'd jury-rigged a kind of control on the hull field, so he could aim the hulk easily enough.
- Extract from : « The Measure of a Man » by Randall Garrett
- About it he could make out a thin gleaming of wires—a jury-rigged safety field.
- Extract from : « The Winds of Time » by James H. Schmitz
- "I wouldn't call our friends vassals, or say the system was jury-rigged," Flannery objected.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Lester del Rey
- The Agamemnon had been jury-rigged for the service, her heavy masts and rigging removed, and lighter ropes and spars substituted.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Telegraph » by William Howard Russell
- This was no occasion calling for remarkable ingenuity to make some sort of jury-rigged drive.
- Extract from : « Talents, Incorporated » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
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