jury-rigged
Example Sentences
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Yet now, without any justification, the supermajority has imported Callais’ jury-rigged standards into the constitutional rules against racial gerrymandering.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
I jury-rigged a heating element for our Kenmore refrigerator’s balky ice-maker water-feed tube.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
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
A tugboat brought it from place to place, but the rest of the power aboard the craft came from the sun and a jury-rigged stationary bike.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022
This is something I've done a few times before, but never with a jury-rigged mess like this.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
