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makeshift adjective [ ˈmeɪkʃɪft ]

• acting as an interim and temporary measure.
• "arranging a row of chairs to form a makeshift bed"
Similar: temporary, make-do, provisional, stopgap, standby, rough and ready, substitute, emergency, improvised, ad hoc, impromptu, extemporary, extempore, thrown together, cobbled together, jury-rigged, jury, quick and dirty,
Opposite: permanent,

makeshift noun

• a temporary substitute or device.

make shift

• do what one wants to do in spite of not having ideal conditions.


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