- jerrybuilt
- (Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
a.
shoddy, flimsy, defective, rickety, unstable, *junky, faulty, unsound, thrown together, cheap.ANT.: solid, sturdy, sound
English dictionary for students. 2013.
jerrybuilt
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