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makeshift: something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

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jury rigged collapse

expediency collapse

vicarious collapse: suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement"; occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; "vicarious menstruation"; experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement"

unperfected collapse

uncontrived collapse

unhatched collapse: not yet hatched

found wanting collapse

taken unawares collapse

caught short collapse

undevised collapse

unmade collapse: (of a bed) not having the sheets and blankets set in order; "an unmade bed with tangled sheets and blankets"

fallible collapse: likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

recourse collapse: act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"; something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

improvised collapse: done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

countermove collapse

course of action collapse

extemporaneous collapse

last resort collapse

unplanned collapse: without apparent forethought or prompting or planning; "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks"

make do collapse

adulterated collapse

changeling collapse: a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy

cope collapse: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

incomplete collapse: not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"; not yet finished; "his thesis is still incomplete"; "an uncompleted play"

sketchy collapse: giving only major points; lacking completeness; "a sketchy account"; "details of the plan remain sketchy"

damaged collapse: harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"

impaired collapse: diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight"

means to an end collapse

personnel collapse

ringer collapse: (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg; a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses; a person who is almost identical to another

unarranged collapse

pinch hitter collapse: (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter

surprised collapse: taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"

third string collapse

impromptu collapse: an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"; a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation

surrogate collapse: someone who takes the place of another person

tactic collapse: a plan for attaining a particular goal

deficient collapse: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"; falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"

unfinished collapse: not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished"; not brought to the desired final state

comparison collapse: examining resemblances or differences; qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"; relation based on similarities and differences

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