makeshift
a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
Also makeshifty. serving as, or of the nature of, a makeshift.
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How to use makeshift in a sentence
The makeshift school day takes place at Mathnasium, Sylvan Learning, or Code Ninja locations, with supplemental activities available between classes.
The best back-to-school benefits companies are offering their employees | ehinchliffe | September 10, 2020 | FortuneThe gym, usually a hub for basketball, badminton, and volleyball leagues, as well as pickup games, has become a makeshift testing center.
Hong Kong’s citywide COVID-19 testing has become a barometer of public trust | eamonbarrett | September 9, 2020 | FortuneYou can sit the phone open and facing you like a laptop to enable a makeshift two-display setup.
Small upgrades could make for big improvements in Samsung’s latest folding smartphone | Stan Horaczek | September 2, 2020 | Popular-ScienceTo accommodate the influx of patients, Ochsner was converting operating rooms into makeshift intensive care units.
Faulconer’s office announced Tuesday that the city and nonprofit Alpha Project have begun moving homeless families into a makeshift shelter in South Bay.
Morning Report: 3 Body Cameras, No Footage | Voice of San Diego | July 22, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
The party was full and I found a sofa near a makeshift bar in the corner.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything | Liz Seccuro | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen not screaming or yelling hysterically, Samuel is brandishing makeshift weapons and pushing his cousins off a tree house.
‘The Babadook’ Is the Best (and Most Sincere) Horror Movie of the Year | Samuel Fragoso | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe walked for two days before settling into a makeshift camp.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis | Nina Strochlic | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTResidents had placed makeshift roadblocks, including wooden beams and furniture, on roads leading to the protest.
A New Intifada? Israel’s Arab Citizen Uprising Spreads | Creede Newton | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEarlier this week she pleaded with ISIS to uphold the verdict of a makeshift Sharia court, which ruled that he was not a spy.
Though to a certain extent useful when no better means of control is provided, this is but a makeshift.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerHe slouched wordlessly into the room, hands thrust deep in the pockets of a makeshift jacket.
We're Friends, Now | Henry HasseNo native takes any part in the preaching on the station, except in extreme cases, when it is regarded as a makeshift.
Robert Moffat | David J. DeaneWe have a makeshift thing set up there now—but it's nothing to what will be needed.
The White Desert | Courtney Ryley CooperYes, sir; youth and love constitute the world, and all that follows is a mere makeshift.
An Arkansas Planter | Opie Percival Read
British Dictionary definitions for makeshift
/ (ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft) /
serving as a temporary or expedient means, esp during an emergency
something serving in this capacity
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