jerrybuilt
Hastily thrown together
Jerrybuilt means constructed cheaply and flimsily, with poor materials or workmanship.
A jerrybuilt house might look fine initially but soon reveals its shoddy construction: The jerrybuilt cabinets were already falling apart after six months.
The term suggests hasty, careless work done to cut costs.
Also spelled jerry-built.
Badly deteriorated from neglect
- ricketyUnsteady, liable to collapse
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- wobblyTending to teeter
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
tottering · teetering · precarious · unstable · tumbledown · dilapidated · decrepit · crumbling
Hasty and careless
- slipshodCareless and hasty
- carelessInattentive, prone to mistakes
- haphazardLacking organization or plan
- rushedDone with excessive speed
quick-and-dirty · cobbled-together · patchwork · improvised · makeshift · stopgap · temporary · provisional
ramshackle
Badly deteriorated from neglect
unsteady · tottering · teetering · precarious · unstable · tumbledown · dilapidated · decrepit · crumbling · run-down
slapdash
Hasty and careless
- slipshodCareless and hasty
- carelessInattentive, prone to mistakes
- haphazardLacking organization or plan
rushed · quick-and-dirty · cobbled-together · patchwork · improvised · makeshift · stopgap · temporary · provisional · lash-up
flimsy
Weak and easily damaged
- cheapLow in price
- inferiorOf lower rank
- substandardBelow required quality
crude · shabby · tacky · defective · faulty · junky · trashy · second-rate · low-grade · mediocre