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Definitions
something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
Word origin
The noun is derived from stop (“to close or block (an opening)”) + gap, from the phrase to stop a gap. The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun, and the verb is derived from the noun.
Used in a sentence
“[A] bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrapping or stop-gap may at last be laid open under the one pair of eyes which have knowledge enough to turn it into the opening of a catastrophe.”
“The small company used their old product with a few kludged enhancements as a stopgap until they could develop a new product.”
“It is often argued that the HST saved BR's InterCity market. It was only ever intended as a stopgap, but it proved to be a winner.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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