1. Done or made using whatever is available
   "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
   - improvised, jury-rigged

1. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
   - stopgap, make-do

Derived forms: makeshifts

See also: impermanent, temporary

Type of: expedient

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