jerry-builder
Cheap construction worker
A jerry-builder is someone who constructs buildings cheaply and shoddily, using inferior materials and cutting corners at every opportunity.
The term carries strong connotations of dishonesty and disregard for safety or quality.
Jerry-built structures are notoriously flimsy and prone to problems.
The neighborhood was thrown up by jerry-builders in the 1950s and has been falling apart ever since.
Quicker alternative path
- skimpingProviding less than needed
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- expedientUseful if not ideal
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
rushed · improvised · perfunctory · negligent · careless · sloppy · lax · bodge
Below required quality
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- inferiorOf lower rank
- slipshodCareless and hasty
- ramshackleBadly deteriorated from neglect
rickety · makeshift · botched · slapdash · prefab · thrown-together · gimcrack · rough-and-ready
Unreliable and transient
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
- dishonestInclined to deceive
- unethicalViolating moral standards
- scammerOne who defrauds others
profiteer · charlatan · incompetent · unprofessional · dodgy · shady · disreputable · rip-off
Likely to cause harm
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- precariousDangerously insecure
- riskyInvolving possible harm
- unstableProne to sudden change
shortcut
Quicker alternative path
- skimpingProviding less than needed
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- expedientUseful if not ideal
cost-cutting · rushed · improvised · perfunctory · negligent · careless · sloppy · lax · bodge · kludge
substandard
Below required quality
ramshackle · rickety · makeshift · botched · slapdash · prefab · thrown-together · gimcrack · rough-and-ready · unstable
fly-by-night
Unreliable and transient
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
- dishonestInclined to deceive
- unethicalViolating moral standards
scammer · profiteer · charlatan · incompetent · unprofessional · dodgy · shady · disreputable · rip-off · con-artist
unsafe
Likely to cause harm
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- precariousDangerously insecure
- riskyInvolving possible harm
unstable · collapse · condemned · subsidence · compromised
jerry-buildermaster builder
Expert overseeing construction projects
craftsman · master craftsman · artisan · master carpenter · journeyman
jerry-builderlicensed contractor
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