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adverb
1.
piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually: to work piecemeal.
2.
into pieces or fragments: to tear a letter piecemeal.
adjective
3.
done piecemeal.
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Piecemeal
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So is ort. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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- In practice, though, perhaps all that can be done is to tackle the problems piecemeal.
- The costs of myriad piecemeal measures could still add up to damaging protectionism.
- However, such a reactive and piecemeal approach to human error is unscientific.
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Word Origin & History
piecemeal
c.1300, from piece + O.E. mælum "at a time," dative plural of mæl "appointed time, food served" (see meal (1)).
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