[usuallybeforenoun] (often disapproving) done or happening gradually at different times and often in different ways, rather than carefully planned at the beginning:
a piecemeal approach to dealing with the problem * piecemeal changes / reforms * Alterations have been carried out on a piecemeal basis.
piecemeal adverb:
The reforms were implemented piecemeal. * The companies were broken up and sold off piecemeal over several years.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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