stopgaps

stop·gap (st

)

An improvised substitute for something lacking; a temporary expedient. See Synonyms at makeshift.

adj.

Serving as a stopgap: a stopgap budget bill to keep the government running.

stopgap [ˈstɒpˌgæp]

a. a temporary substitute for something else

b. (as modifier) a stopgap programme

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Noun

stopgap - something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

make-do, makeshift

expedient - a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

stopgap

noun

makeshift, improvisation, temporary expedient, shift, resort, substitute It is not an acceptable long term solution, just a stopgap.

adjective

makeshift, emergency, temporary, provisional, improvised, impromptu, rough-and-ready It was only ever intended as a stopgap solution.

Translations

stopgap [ˈstɒpgæp]

A. N (= thing) → recurso m provisional, expediente m; (= person) → sustituto/a m/f

B. CPD stopgap measure N → medida f provisional

stopgap [ˈstɒpgæp] n

(= person) → bouche-trou m

(also stopgap measure) → mesure f bouche-trou

stopgap [ˈstɒpgæp]

1. n (person) → supplente, sostituto/a temporaneo/a; (measure) → palliativo

2. adj (measures, solution) → tampone inv, sostitutivo/a

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provisional
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stand-in
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The transfer window is good for nothing except panicking managers into buying players as short-term stopgaps and chairmen into rash decisions.

Blame window for exit at Wigan by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Stopgaps may be found to slow the half-century-long decline but, sadly, neither farmers nor policymakers have yet devised a long-term strategy for halting it.

Just a Thought by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

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