jerry-built in English

adjective

1

badly or hastily built with materials of poor quality.

The works, while clear, are also ambiguous; a number look ramshackle, jerry-built , jumbled - even chaotic.

synonyms: shoddy, makeshift, badly built, gimcrack, flimsy, insubstantial, rickety, ramshackle, crude, chintzy, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheapjack, tinpot, low-rent

adjective

• shoddy, makeshift, badly built, gimcrack, flimsy, insubstantial, rickety, ramshackle, crude, chintzy, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheapjack, tinpot, low-rent
• shoddy

Use "jerry-built" in a sentence

1. Ultra low prices very likely " jerry-built".

2. Synonyms for 'Cheapjack': cheap, tawdry, tacky, downmarket, trashy, gimcrack, jerry-built, bargain basement, cheap and nasty, cheaply, cheapo

3. They therefore attracted labour without any hindrance, providing jerry-built, damp and insanitary hovels for letting to local farm workers.

4. Bidonville definition is - a settlement of jerry-built dwellings on the outskirts of a city (as in France or North Africa).