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What is the adjective for make shift?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb make shift which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

makeshift
  1. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. temporary, provisional, stopgap, substitute, temp, alternative, emergency, standby, substitutive, expedient, throwaway, ersatz, jury, new, make-do, ad hoc, pro tem, ad interim, band-aid, pro tempore, acting, interim, provisory, fill-in, caretaker, short-term, improvised, provisionary, impromptu, rough-and-ready, alternate, transitional, slapdash, stand-in, tentative, impermanent, transient, replacement, reserve, backup, intervening, working, limited, supplementary, supplemental, conditional, changeover, pop-up, non-permanent, contingent … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “That linoleum could serve as a temporary makeshift floor until you can afford something better.”
      “Ken, being Ken, had come up with a makeshift solution.”
      “She sprang to her knees, rocked back on her heels, and immediately released an arrow from a crude, makeshift bow.”
make shift
  1. Alternative form of makeshift.
made shift
  1. simple past tense and past participle of make shift
  2. Synonyms:
      3. coped, did, done, managed, fared, fore, faren, shifted, made do, got by, gotten by, got along, got on, gotten on, made out, fended, existed, subsisted, scraped by, made ends meet, scraped a living, muddled along, survived, scarcely have enough to live oned, kept the wolf from the door, barely have enough to live oned, muddled through, scraped along, scraped through, did well enough, done well enough … more
making shift
  1. present participle of make shift
  2. Synonyms:
      3. coping, doing, managing, faring, shifting, making do, getting by, getting along, getting on, making out, making ends meet, doing well enough, scraping through, scraping along, surviving, scarcely have enough to live oning, existing, barely have enough to live oning, scraping by, muddling through, subsisting, muddling along, keeping the wolf from the door, fending, scraping a living, enduring, living, making it, carrying on, getting through, weathering the storm, bearing up, eking out a living, handling, faring all right, keeping your head above water, dealing with the situation, hacking it, shifting for oneself, going, hacking, grappling, weathering, doing all right, cutting it, supporting oneself, remaining alive, staying alive, dealing with, rubbing along … more
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