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Jerrybuild vs Jerrybuilt - What's the difference?

jerrybuild | jerrybuilt |

As a verb jerrybuild

is to assemble a project in a hasty, low-quality manner, especially when cheap, low-quality and/or inappropriate materials are used.

As an adjective jerrybuilt is

of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.

jerrybuild

English

Verb

  • To assemble a project in a hasty, low-quality manner, especially when cheap, low-quality and/or inappropriate materials are used.
  • To assemble a structure in such an unsafe manner that it is doomed to collapse.
  • To repair a structure in one of the above manners.
  • Usage notes

    This term refers only to inanimate objects. Devices built or repaired in the above manner are said to be jerryrigged.

    jerrybuilt

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.
  • Anything that is ill-constructed.
  • The whole operation was jerrybuilt from the beginning, and thus was doomed to failure.