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makeshift
noun
(make-shift)
something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
Synonyms:
make-do,
stopgap
,
makeshift
adjective
(make-shift)
done or made using whatever is available
Synonyms:
improvised
, jury-rigged,
Examples:
The rock served as a makeshift hammer.
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makeshift
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improvised
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temporary
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stopgap
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impermanent
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jury-rigged
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impromptu
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rudimentary
,
homemade
,
primitive
,
caretaker
,
informal
,
precarious
,
chaotic
,
grenade
,
handmade
,
alternate
,
mobile
,
substitute
,
fallback
,
alternative
,
transitional
,
interim
,
tentative
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provisional
,
hasty
,
unplanned
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rude
,
crude
,
wealthy
,
ad-hoc
,
home-made
,
ramshackle
,
rickety
,
flimsy
,
dingy
,
squalid
,
disused
,
tentlike
,
temporary expedient
,
nondescript
,
roofless
,
decrepit
,
tarpaper
,
prisonlike
,
empty
,
threadbare
,
ragtag
,
unsanitary
,
forlorn
,
erect
,
wooden
,
cramped
,
nearby
,
cavernous
,
collapsible
,
crowded
,
dank
,
windowless
,
prefabricated
,
ragged
,
spartan
,
collapsable
,
dusty
,
demountable
,
ringed
,
multistoried
,
scavenged
,
tumbledown
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upturned
,
sentry box
,
bedraggled
,
mock
,
fashioned
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raggedy
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shabby
,
miniature
,
weatherworn
,
multipurpose
,
dilapidated
,
outside
,
grassy
,
overcrowded
,
earthen
,
rusty
,
inflatable
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desolate
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tabernacular
,
filthy
,
thatched
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canopied
,
ersatz
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front
,
canvas tent
,
semicircular
,
strewn
,
muddy
,
doorless
,
sturdy
,
adjoining
,
slatted
,
makeshift
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