jury-rigged

adjective

1. nautical set up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear

Example Sentences

On her leg, beneath her dress, was a jury-rigged holster with a borrowed .45 handgun that had been developed for the military.

From Los Angeles Times

It is cherry-picked and jury-rigged, co-opted and corrupted, and yet it remains inextricable from American identity — which is precisely why it repeatedly finds its way into our fiction.

From New York Times

The entire film feels jury-rigged as if every action sequence — and there are too few of them — is designed by an algorithm rather than a human.

From Salon

In other parts of the country, pilots have jury-rigged drones to drop munitions on their enemies.

From Los Angeles Times

This is not to be confused with Greater Los Angeles, often called the Southland, five far-flung counties in Southern California jury-rigged into a single cultural unit.

From New York Times