jury-rigged

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023

Ultimately the league canceled it altogether, which required jury-rigged adjustments to the playoff structure.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 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

Nearby, other creations by Graves — part jury-rigged home science experiments, part occultist altars — included religious figurines, medical models, electrical audio gizmos, and tangles of wires and pipes.

From New York Times • Nov. 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