piecemeal approach
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpiecemealandapproach
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piecemeal
adverb
adjective
uk/ˈpiːs.miːl/us/ˈpiːs.miːl/
not done according to a plan but done at different times in ...
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approach
noun
uk/əˈprəʊtʃ/us/əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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(Definition ofpiecemealandapproachfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thispiecemealapproachhas produced several gaps in understanding.
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Yet such apiecemealapproachis simplistic in relation to actual landscapes, -where many of these questions have to be borne in mind simultaneously.
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Success at this task, essentially a balancing act, will require more than the somewhatpiecemealapproachto privacy that currently exists.
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People generally choose to build up regular and often inter-generational relationships with particular saints, rather than adopting apiecemealapproach.
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He argues it was thepiecemealapproachthat was a failure and much more could have been done by local government to bring about rapid improvement.
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What is happening instead is apiecemealapproachto exploring alternative means of funding and developing them.
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It is more evidence of theirpiecemealapproachto transport.
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This is apiecemealapproach, which may cause confusion.
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However, it is important to examine the whole area rather than proceed according to apiecemealapproach.
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It seems a pity that in thispiecemealapproachwe are not able to look at the whole governmental problem of the nation.
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Certainly progress has been made in the past by apiecemealapproach.
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One of the difficulties is that there has been apiecemealapproachover the years.
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It is apiecemealapproach, and we need to take a comprehensive look at the industry.
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This is not what it may appear to be—apiecemealapproach.
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This is an important and long overdue advance in contrast to thepiecemealapproachof the nine major statutes which are now in force.
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I am therefore a little discouraged that there should be thispiecemealapproachthis year.
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Perhaps the attraction of these internal relief roads is the possibility of apiecemealapproachrather than economy.
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All we are discussing is thispiecemealapproachto the structure of broadcasting, loosely called local commercial radio.
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If he does, thepiecemealapproachof the past will not suffice.
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They are indulging in an ad hoc,piecemealapproachto a problem that can be solved only by a national plan.
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