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. 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.

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. Catherine Rampell:

   Well, it's partly what you just mentioned, it's partly that we don't have majority rule in the Senate … [so the Democrats] have to cram everything into this one major piece of legislation … They have to do climate, they have to do paid leave, they have to do child care, they have to do green energy tax credits for cars and things like that. They have to put everything into this legislation because they can't do piecemeal regular-order bills because the Senate doesn't function like that way anymore.

4. Kyle Simon:

   The county by county piecemeal approach clearly has not worked.

5. Mike Conaway:

   We'll get criticized for that. But you could also get criticized of putting it out piecemeal. There's no easy right answer, all at once, then everybody's got the same gripe.