put-together

adjective

That has been put together; assembled, makeshift.

First used 19th c.

Meanings

adjectiveput-together (comparative more put-together, superlative most put-together)

comparative more put-together · superlative most put-together · alternative put together · alternative puttogether

  1. That has been put together; assembled, makeshift.First known use 19th c.
noun

alternative put together · alternative puttogether

  1. Something that has been put together; the whole assembled group of something, an improvised grouping or composite.

    I kept thinkin' that this here woman knew a sight more about raisin' cattle that the entire put together of our county.

    2007, Wayne Lamson, A Man's Job To Do, page 87
    1 more example

    ‘Wouldn't want to compromise your cred, I'm weeks overdue at the colorist, this whole puttogether here ran me under a hundred bucks at Filene's Basement—’

    2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 13

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APA

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MLA

“put-together.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put-together. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “put-together,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put-together.

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