cobbled together
Roughly pieced together
Cobbled together describes something assembled hastily or crudely from whatever materials are available.
The phrase evokes a cobbler patching shoes—functional but rough: We cobbled together a proposal the night before the deadline.
The result works but lacks polish or proper design: a cobbled-together solution, cobbled-together legislation.
- improvisedCreated without prior planning
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- jerry-builtPoorly and hastily constructed
- assembledBrought together as group
- kludgedClumsily cobbled together
tinkered · jury-rigged · Rube Goldberg · bits and pieces · slapdash · patchwork · imperfect · bodged · rudimentary · homemade · resourcefulness · rough · unpolished · haphazard · quick and dirty · rough and ready · stitched up · patched up
- shoddinessslipshod, slapdash, hack job, botch job, botch
- bricolageassemblage, collage, found objects, mixed media, repurposing
cobbled togethercustom-built
Manufactured to individual requirements
polished · handcrafted · well-made · refined · purpose-built
cobbled togetherstructurally sound
Able to support loads
robust · cohesive · unified · tight-knit · sturdy
cobble, cobbled, cobbling, cobbler, cobblers, together, togetherness