makeshift
Example Sentences
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Almost all of the population has been displaced, many of them crammed into makeshift tent camps where they rely on humanitarian aid.
The previous February, 132 million gallons of black, sludgy water, heavy with mine wastes, surged through a makeshift dam and down a mountain hollow known as Buffalo Creek.
Just the honor system and a makeshift security camera I bolted to the top.
He said he was extremely concerned that children living in tents and makeshift shelters in wet clothing would succumb to hypothermia and other illnesses.
From BBC
Another idea was to try and find something that could work as a makeshift stretcher.
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