jerry-building (Meaning)
jerry-building (n)
construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit
Synonyms & Antonyms of jerry-building
Synonyms:
- imagining
- constituting
- coining
- innovating
- organizing
- initiating
- inventing
- conceiving
- fathering
- establishing
- beginning
- concocting
- contriving
- generating
- uniting
- originating
- instituting
- founding
- creating
Antonyms:
- blowing up
- demounting
- pulverizing
- detaching
- levelling
- dismembering
- ruinating
- demounting
- flattening
- exploding
- demolishing
- exploding
- dividing
- ruinating
- smashing
- blowing up
- shattering
- demolishing
- flattening
- levelling
- dismembering
- smashing
- separating
- razing
- detaching
- razing
- shattering
- pulverizing
- separating
- leveling
- dividing
- leveling
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
rebuilding, reedifying, designing, combining,rigging (up), redeveloping, devising, retrofitting, thinking (up), reassembling
ruining, ruining, striking, wrecking, pulling down, striking,tearing down, taking down, dismantling, disassembling
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.
