Synonyms for piecemeal
ˈpisˌmilpiece·meal

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1. bit-by-bit, in small stages, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwiseadverb

   one thing at a time

   Synonyms:
   in small stages, step-by-step, bit-by-bit, stepwise

   Antonyms:
   sudden

2. piecemeal, little by little, bit by bit, in stagesadverb

   a little bit at a time

   "the research structure has developed piecemeal"

   Synonyms:
   gradually, in stages, bit by bit, by inches, by small degrees, step by step, little by little

   Antonyms:
   sudden

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1. piecemealadjective

   Synonyms:
   in pieces, by fragments, part by part

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1. List of paraphrases for "piecemeal":

   fragmented, fragmentary, patchy, sporadic, partial, gradual, scattered, disjointed

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1. Kyle Simon:

   The county by county piecemeal approach clearly has not worked.

2. Andrea Zaccardi:

   It's very disappointing to see them moving forward with this, it seems that Montana is taking a piecemeal approach to how they view grizzly bear recovery.

3. Paul Delaney:

   Those little piecemeal elements of the process – the ones that potentially stand in the way of a farmer being able to buy something, outfit it and have it integrated as soon as possible, those are the ones we really want to make sure are flushed out.

4. Fidel Castro:

   The problem is that the reforms are being implemented in a piecemeal and contradictory fashion, they decentralized distribution, but not production. Food production through to consumption is a chain that is only as strong as its weakest link.

5. Tate Reeves:

   I( had) taken a piecemeal approach( to masks) because I believe firmly that this was the best way to get the most number of people to participate, i believe that there is enough motivation( now) to safely get our kids in school that we can really juice the participation of mask wearing throughout our state for the next two weeks.