jerry-built

• Décrit quelque chose de construit à bon marché, de façon fragile ou avec des matériaux de mauvaise qualité.

Describes something that is built cheaply, flimsily, or with poor materials.

1. Poorly constructedC1informalbritish

   Built cheaply and carelessly, using low-quality materials and workmanship.

   Construit à la va-vite

   • The jerry-built house collapsed during the first storm.
   • They bought a jerry-built shed that fell apart within a year.
   • The developer was criticized for constructing jerry-built apartment blocks.

   Synonymescheapcrudeflimsyimprovisedmakeshiftramshacklericketyshoddytackytawdry

   Antonymesdurablerobustsolidsoundstrongsturdysubstantial