piecemeal
piecemeal · piecemeals
вудила, біт
кусок, удила, сверло
Bit, Wenig, Bisschen
A fragment; a scrapA fragment; a scrap.
/ˈpiːs.miːl/
» The regulation is piecemeal and unfocused.
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1 sensesA fragment; a scrap.
Examples
5 sentencesThe regulation is piecemeal and unfocused.
The information is leaking piecemeal to the press.
I won't be swayed by your piecemeal offerings.
He said that the piecemeal solution of the government will not work.
Piecemeal approaches are doomed to fail.
Origin
From Middle English pecemele, from pece (“piece”) + mele (from Old English mǣlum (“at a tiFrom Middle English pecemele, from pece (“piece”) + mele (from Old English mǣlum (“at a time”), dative plural form of mǣl (“time, measure”), taking the place of Old English styċċemǣlum (“in pieces, bit by bit, piecemeal; to pieces, to bits; here and there, in different places; little by little, by degrees, gradually”); equivalent to piece + -meal.
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