jury-rigged

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jury-rigged

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From jury-rig + -ed.

adjective more jury-rigged · most jury-rigged

  1. Improvised from whichever material is available.

    Similar: makeshift

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of jury-rig

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adj improvised

中文因陋就簡的 /因陋就简的 yīnlòujiùjiǎn de, 就地取材的 jiùdìqǔcái de, 简易的 jiǎnyì de, 臨時搭建的 /临时搭建的 línshí dājiàn de, 臨時代用的 /临时代用的 línshí dàiyòng de, 湊合的 /凑合的 còuhe de
Françaisbricolé
Deutschnotdürftig, improvisiert
Русскийимпровизированный improvizirovannyj

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@misc{jury_rigged_2026,
  title = {jury-rigged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jury-rigged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}