Words similar to piecemeal
Example sentences for: piecemeal
How can you use “piecemeal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
As a result, over time, and with much gnashing of teeth the "elephant did begin to dance" and LSC, its grantees and the federally-funded legal services delivery system began to evolve from a piecemeal, Great Society experiment to carefully chosen nonprofit corporations working together to serve poor clients in every jurisdiction.
Jobs' hubris was not that he wanted to own the personal computer business, but that he wanted to sell a product that was better than anything the industry could put together piecemeal.
The inevitable legal challenges have arrived, but they're all piecemeal, failing to address sweeping constitutional questions.
Among the piecemeal efforts the Times lauds are insuring overnight hospital stays for new mothers, school uniforms, cell phones for citizen neighborhood patrols, keeping liquor ads off the airwaves, restricting tobacco sales, creating a national registry for sex offenders, and suspending the driver's licenses of deadbeat dads.
The NYT says this represents another incremental step toward providing health insurance to all Americans, part of the piecemeal strategy Clinton adopted after the failure of his comprehensive health care reform.