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

  • It is an adjective.
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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:

shoddy

Meaning showy but cheap or badly made:

gimcrack

Meaning insubstantial and easily damaged:

flimsy

Meaning lacking strength and solidity:

insubstantial

Meaning (of a structure or piece of equipment) poorly made and likely to collapse:

rickety

Meaning likely to give way; not stable:

unstable

Meaning (especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair:

ramshackle

Meaning in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined:

crude

Meaning acting as an interim and temporary measure:

makeshift

Meaning imperfect or faulty:

defective

Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:

faulty

Meaning having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection:

flawed

Meaning lower in rank, status, or quality:

inferior

Meaning low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services:

cheap

Meaning of inferior quality:

cheapjack

Meaning (of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel:

tacky

Meaning useless or of little value:

junky

Meaning of poor quality:

ropy

Meaning very bad; worthless or useless:

rubbish

Meaning unpleasant and of poor quality:

grotty

jerrybuilt antonyms

Meaning (of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built:

sturdy

Meaning of considerable importance, size, or worth:

substantial

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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