Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Divided into small pieces.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Divided into pieces.
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- adjective Divided into
pieces .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Indy 4 felt rushed (likely to appease Ford's deadline to make the film) and it shows in the way it was piecemealed from the various drafts.
Steven Spielberg to Finally Make the Jonathan Nolan-Scripted Interstellar? Perhaps | /Film 2010
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The court contends the defense has "piecemealed" the motions, which dealt with the manner in which the state's mental health evaluations should occur.
Times Leader News Joe Healey 2010
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I did not learn until later that when I was in the halls of hell proclaiming my innocence, a period of land reform had been ushered in to the world of mortals, and that the big estates had been piecemealed out to landless peasants; naturally, mine was no exception.
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Its repairs are piecemealed, most often going to the lowest bidder who has the highest campaign contribution history.
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Lt.Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, chief of the Army National Guard, complained, "we have absolutely piecemealed our force to death."
Does the Bush Administration Support the Troops? Yes, Like a Noose Supports a Hanging Man! 2007
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By thy advice the heavy, unread, folio lump, which long had dozed on the dusty shelf, piecemealed into numbers, runs nimbly through the nation.
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We have tackled it, and danced around with it and struggled with it and piecemealed it, literally for six decades now.
Presidents Speech To The Business Council ITY National Archives 1994
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It can also compete with a piecemealed linebacking corps - even when the powers that be are bent on morphing into a 3-4 defense.
NYT > Home Page By ANDY BENOIT 2011
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It certainly helps that the Packers have piecemealed a running game together this season.
SI.com 2011
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In fact, our vision is to be the defining global company, in the pizza world, and you're not going to do that with brands that are piecemealed out.
unknown title 2011
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