What does jury-rig mean?
Jury-rig means (nautical, transitive) To build an improvised rigging or assembly from whichever materials are available..
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/ˈdʒʊə.ɹi ɹɪɡ/ · verb
(nautical, transitive) To build an improvised rigging or assembly from whichever materials are available..
Tech behemoths are jury-rigging AI features into their products to avoid being disrupted—but these rollouts, and Apple’s in particular, have been disastrous, giving dangerous health advice, butchering news summaries, and generally crowding and slowing user experiences.
Use jury-rig when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jury-rig means (nautical, transitive) To build an improvised rigging or assembly from whichever materials are available..
Common synonyms include jerry-rig, jerrybuild, kludge out, MacGyver.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Tech behemoths are jury-rigging AI features into their products to avoid being disrupted—but these rollouts, and Apple’s in particular, have been disastrous, giving dangerous health advice, butchering news summaries, and generally crowding and slowing user experiences.
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