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jury-rigged

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
ju-ry-rigged
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Improvised from whichever material is available.

verb

simple past and past participle of jury-rig

Etymology

From jury-rig + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more jury-rigged (comparative) most jury-rigged (superlative)

Phrases

jerry-rigged duck tape duct tape jerry-built

Frequently Paired Words

jerry-rigged duck tape duct tape jerry-built

Synonyms

makeshift improvised

Questions

What does jury-rigged mean?
Improvised from whichever material is available.
Where does jury-rigged come from?
From jury-rig + -ed.

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