provisional
adjective
providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary.
unprovisional
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a word derived from
provisional.
Example Sentences
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Considered merely as an instrument denning the powers and duties of magistrates and rulers, the Charter may justly be considered as unprovisional and imperfect.
From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Maria Louise Greene
An attempt was then made to stop the mouths of the mercenaries with food; and provisions were sent in abundance; but the only reply was, an unprovisional demand for the money owing.
From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket
He drove Saturninus to the Capitol, where, being without provisions, the demagogue found himself at last driven to an unprovisional surrender.
From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket
