makeshift

Noun	1.	makeshift - something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency stopgap expedient - a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
Adj.	1.	makeshift - done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer" improvised, jury-rigged impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"

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