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Rough and ready
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude but serviceable |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib, basic, crude, extemporaneous, improvised, jerry-built, makeshift, primitive, provisional, thrown together, unrefined, unsophisticated, wild-and-woolly |
| Antonyms: | sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, incomplete |
| Synonyms: | austere, crude, cursory, formless, hard, imperfect, raw, rough-and-ready, roughhewn, rudimentary, shapeless, sketchy, spartan, uncompleted, uncut, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, unwrought |
| Antonyms: | accurate, complete, definite, precise |
| Main Entry: | stopgap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporarily helping |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, emergency, expedient, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, practical, provisional, rough-and-ready, rough-and-tumble, substitute, temp, temporary, throwaway |
| Antonyms: | completed, finished, permanent, solved |
| Main Entry: | unperfected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | austere, crude, cursory, formless, hard, imperfect, preliminary, raw*, rough-and-ready, roughhewn, rudimentary, shapeless, sketchy, spartan, tentative, uncompleted, uncut, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, unwrought |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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