makeshift

IPA: mˈeɪkʃɪft

Examples of "makeshift" in Sentences

I think what you call the makeshift contrivances at dear Helstone were a charming part of the life there. '
Here they eke out a hand-to-mouth existence in makeshift settlements around the water desalination plants that the government has set up.
Several million residents live in makeshift boats, floating slums without electricity or potable water that fester with crime, disease, and prostitution.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 22, 2010 (IPS) - Some 1.3 million people have lived in makeshift camps throughout Port-au-Prince since the January earthquake devastated the city.
Argueta contrasts these accounts with those dragged into the raid's aftermath - a massive operation where workers were tried ten-at-a-time in makeshift courtrooms at a cattle fairground.
In July, a CNN investigation revealed that since the quake that left thousands of children orphaned and up to 1.5 million people living on the streets and in makeshift camps, much of the aid promised to the country has yet to be delivered.