Makeshifts
Synonyms for "makeshifts" (244 found)
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ersatzexchangeexcuseexpediencyexpedientextemporaneousextemporaneousnessextemporarinessextemporaryextemporeextemporizationextemporizedfakefalliblefaultyfill-inflimsyfound wantingget alongget by
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ghostghostwritergimmickhaphazardhastyimitationimmatureimpairedimperfectimpreciseimpromptuimprovisationimprovisationalimprovisatorialimproviseimprovisedimprovisionimprovisoimpureinaccurateinadequateincompleteinexactjury rigjury riggedjury-rigjury-riggedjury-rigged expedientlackinglast expedientlast resortlast shiftlocum tenensmake outmakeshiftymanagemaneuvermeansmeans to an endmeasuremediocremetaphormetonymymixed
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mockmovenext best thingnot perfectoffoff-the-cuffoffhandpartialpatchypersonnelphonypinchpinch hitterpis allerplaying by earprecipitatepro temporeprovisionalproxyrecourse
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refugereliefreplacementrepresentativereservereservesresortresourceringerrough-and-readyrudescratchsecond stringsecondaryshake upshake-upshiftshoddyshortsignsketchyslapdashsnapsolutionsparesparesstand instand-instepstopgapstratagemstringstrokestroke of policysubsubstituentsubstitutesubstitutionsuccedaneumsupersedersupplantersurprisedsurrogatesymbolsynecdochetactictaken abacktaken by surprisetaken unawarestemporarytemporary arrangementtemporary expedienttemporary measuretentativethird stringtokentricktripped uptrumpunarrangedunbegununconcocteduncontrivedundeliberatedunderstudyundevelopedundevisedunevenunfinishedunhatchedunmadeunmanufacturedunorganizedunperfectedunplannedunpremeditatedunpreparedunprimedunreadyunrehearsedunsoundunstudiedunthoroughutilityutility playervicarvicariousvice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentwantingworking hypothesisworking proposition
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