makeshift
adjectiveImprovised to meet an immediate need until a better solution is available.
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Clear all filtersImprovised to meet an immediate need until a better solution is available.
Changing mood or behavior quickly and unpredictably.
Very careful and attentive to detail.
Careful about details
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To interpret something incorrectly.
Excessively unwilling to spend or share money or resources.
To reduce the severity, seriousness, or harmful effect of something.
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Make less severe
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Capable of changing or prone to change.
Nearsightedness; figuratively, a failure to consider wider or longer-term consequences.
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Limited long-term outlook
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Vague, indistinct, or not clearly developed.
So small or unimportant that it scarcely warrants attention.
Appearing casually calm or unconcerned.
One word family: also includes nonchalance.
Avoiding a definite position, opinion, or promise.
New or unusually original.
A subtle difference in meaning, expression, or tone.
To make something harder to understand, often deliberately.
Excessively eager to please through flattery and deference.
Stubbornly unwilling to change despite reasons or persuasion.
Stubbornly resistant
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To remove a difficulty or make something unnecessary.
Suggesting that something unpleasant may happen.
Suggesting trouble
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Occurring at a favorable or useful time.
Richly luxurious or displaying great wealth.
Richly luxurious
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Elaborately decorated or detailed.
Presented as the reason or appearance, though the reality may differ.
Designed to attract notice through a show of wealth or importance.
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