jerry-building (Meaning)
jerry-building (n)
construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit
Synonyms & Antonyms of jerry-building
Synonyms:
- initiating
- beginning
- establishing
- generating
- instituting
- originating
- innovating
- contriving
- founding
- organizing
- imagining
- creating
- fathering
- coining
- concocting
- inventing
- uniting
- constituting
- conceiving
Antonyms:
- smashing
- flattening
- ruinating
- levelling
- exploding
- leveling
- demolishing
- demounting
- detaching
- leveling
- demolishing
- flattening
- exploding
- detaching
- razing
- smashing
- dividing
- shattering
- blowing up
- razing
- separating
- pulverizing
- dismembering
- dividing
- ruinating
- shattering
- pulverizing
- dismembering
- blowing up
- demounting
- levelling
- separating
jerry-building Sentence Examples
- The faulty construction and jerry-building of the tower led to its eventual collapse.
- The government's rush to complete the project resulted in jerry-building and shoddy workmanship.
- The inspector identified jerry-building and code violations throughout the property.
- The jerry-building of the new apartment complex resulted in numerous complaints from tenants.
- The homeowner was forced to pay thousands of dollars to repair the jerry-building done by the previous owner.
- The investigation revealed that the building's structural problems were due to jerry-building and faulty construction methods.
- The jerry-building and lack of attention to detail made the building unsafe for habitation.
- The architect was accused of jerry-building and cutting corners in the design of the building.
- The city ordered the demolition of the building due to its jerry-building and hazardous condition.
- The contractor's jerry-building led to a series of lawsuits and financial losses.
FAQs About the word jerry-building
construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit
thinking (up), reassembling, retrofitting, redeveloping, rebuilding,rigging (up), devising, combining, cooking (up), throwing up
tearing down, ruining, knocking down, dismantling, knocking down, striking, destroying, dismantling, pulling down, striking
The faulty construction and jerry-building of the tower led to its eventual collapse.
The government's rush to complete the project resulted in jerry-building and shoddy workmanship.
The inspector identified jerry-building and code violations throughout the property.
The jerry-building of the new apartment complex resulted in numerous complaints from tenants.
