jerrybuilt
Meaning of jerrybuilt
adjective
badly or hastily built with materials of poor quality.
mid 19th century: origin unknown; sometimes said to be from the name of a firm of builders in Liverpool, or to allude to the walls of Jericho, which fell down at the sound of Joshua's trumpets (Josh. 6:20).
Information about jerrybuilt
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Hyphenation of jerrybuilt
jer-ry-built
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- jerrybuilt is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
jerrybuilt synonyms
Meaning badly made or done:
Meaning showy but cheap or badly made:
Meaning insubstantial and easily damaged:
Meaning lacking strength and solidity:
Meaning (of a structure or piece of equipment) poorly made and likely to collapse:
Meaning likely to give way; not stable:
Meaning (especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair:
Meaning in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined:
Meaning acting as an interim and temporary measure:
Meaning imperfect or faulty:
Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:
Meaning having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection:
Meaning lower in rank, status, or quality:
Meaning low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services:
Meaning of inferior quality:
Meaning (of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel:
Meaning useless or of little value:
Meaning of poor quality:
Meaning very bad; worthless or useless:
Meaning unpleasant and of poor quality:
jerrybuilt antonyms
Meaning (of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built:
Meaning of considerable importance, size, or worth:
Words that rhyme with jerrybuilt
built, coachbuilt, homebuilt, inbuilt, misbuilt, outbuilt, overbuilt, plankbuilt, prebuilt, rebuilt, scratchbuilt, unbuilt, underbuilt, unrebuilt, upbuilt, aguilt, bloodguilt, guilt, nonguilt, preguilt, bedquilt, quilt
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