jerry-built

[jerry-built] {adj.}

1. Built poorly or carelessly of cheap materials; easily broken.

* /That jerry-built cabin will blow apart in a strong wind./

2. Done without careful preparation or thought; planned too quickly.

* /When the regular television program didn't come on, a jerry-built program was substituted at the last minute./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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