stop-gaps
Interim emergency measures
Stop-gaps are temporary solutions or substitutes meant to address an immediate need until something permanent can be arranged.
The term emphasizes inadequacy—a stop-gap measure isn't ideal, just necessary for now: The funding was a stop-gap until the new budget passed.
Also spelled as one word: stopgaps.
Provisional in-between phase
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- short-termOf limited duration
- transitoryBrief in duration
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
band-aid · placeholder · bridging · holding · fill-in · stand-in · substitute · replacement
Temporarily fixed with scraps
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
- kludgeAwkward but functional solution
- ad-hocFor a specific purpose
- bodgeCrude temporary repair
patchwork · rough-and-ready · make-do · thrown-together · rigged · slapdash · crude · rudimentary
interim
Provisional in-between phase
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- short-termOf limited duration
- transitoryBrief in duration
makeshift · band-aid · placeholder · bridging · holding · fill-in · stand-in · substitute · replacement · patch
jury-rigged
Temporarily fixed with scraps
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
- kludgeAwkward but functional solution
- ad-hocFor a specific purpose
bodge · patchwork · rough-and-ready · make-do · thrown-together · rigged · slapdash · crude · rudimentary · hasty