Antonyms for MacGyvermac·gyver

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1. MacGyververb

   Synonyms:
   jury-rig

2. MacGyververb

   To assemble, or cause to be repaired or completed, an object, device, machine, or project from duct tape as the preferred repair tool, but in its absence, other items, (normally common, ordinary and mundane such as a rubber band or paper clip), not normally used for that purpose, where others would assume one needs a manufactured part, as per the design. Especially: if the items are used in ways significantly different than their intended use.

   Our car broke down and we didn't have any tools but Jim MacGyvered it with some toenail clippers and we were able to limp to the service station.

   Synonyms:
   jury-rig

How to use MacGyver in a sentence?

1. Keith Davis:

   He's not the type of guy who's just going to fall off a boat, he's the type of guy who watches to make sure no one else does. He's a very smart, resourceful, MacGyver-type guy.

2. Andrew Shuman:

   One of the challenges of drug shortages is that it requires hospitals to essentially MacGyver different treatment opportunities and regimens, which is not necessarily evidence for data based.

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