JERRY-BUILT


Meaning of JERRY-BUILT in English

If you describe houses or blocks of flats as ~, you are critical of the fact that they have been built very quickly and cheaply, without much care for safety or quality.

...~ equipment...

The place is a bit ~.

ADJ disapproval

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .