PIECEMEAL Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in gradual

proceeding or changing by steps or degrees a piecemeal attempt to remedy the traffic congestion

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piecemeal

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adverb

ˈpēs-ˌmēl

as in gradually

by small steps or amounts remodeled their house piecemeal because of budgetary constraints

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as in apart

into parts or pieces one well-aimed blow ripped the piñata piecemeal

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together

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Recent Examples of piecemeal

Adjective

But those results are piecemeal at best, says McConnell. —

Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025 Quelle surprise: a squad built with piecemeal incompetence (and for other coaches) is struggling to get to grips with Amorim’s system. —

Phil Hay, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024

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Once completed, the ground — and Hayes Lane is very much a ground in that it has been developed piecemeal over the years, as opposed to a bowl-like new stadium — will hold around 5,000 people. —

Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024 Instead of piecemeal infill developments and replacement of mini-malls and other relatively small buildings with huge high-rises containing hundreds of apartments and a few stores, this plan could have seen an entire new city plopped down on open space and farmland. —

Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for piecemeal