jury-rigged

British  

adjective

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

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Example Sentences

With their de-watering wells, remote grids and jury-rigged modifications, residents in “The Bend” sometimes feel more like backcountry homesteaders.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

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 • Jul. 12, 2023

These are not the jury-rigged e-bikes that deliver Chinese food in Manhattan.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023

At the time, many were wearing little more than surgical masks or homemade ones jury-rigged from used clothing.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2022

Everyone in the neighborhood was so full of their own cleverness at having jury-rigged a solution to the Tap-Out.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman