jury-rigged

Example Sentences

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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

Jim Jordan's jury-rigged "investigation of the investigators" bears no resemblance to the bipartisan Church Committee.

From Salon