The city's convention center was converted into a make-shift hospital.
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Make-shift
Synonyms for "make-shift" (244 found)
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Strong matches (73)
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Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (122)
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Sample sentences
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Lima said he would lead the picnic to the river. But, his mom said she had a bad omen as she dreamt of eating with pork and asked him not to go. After replying that he won't go into the water, he, together with two of his friends, gathered all the younger siblings and left. Upon reaching the river, he constructed a make-shift raft from banana stems, hopped onboard and went down river. Somehow, the raft capsized, he fell into the water and started drowning. His two friends tried to help, but unfortunately, all three of them ended up drowning.
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An interesting problem is the consideration of partial failure and make-shift repair.
Source: wiktionary
In making this report, it may be proper to state, that the weight of the established bower anchor of the Hind exceeds that of the make-shift by about five cwt...
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