patchwork
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈpæʧˌwɜrk/
:
mosaico
- For immigrants, this patchwork is particularly critical in terms of immigration law.
- patchwork of laws
- patchwork of regulations
- patchwork of state
And these reforming popes want to make that patchwork more uniform.
- And these reforming popes want to make that patchwork more uniform.
- Not creating this enforced patchwork of unsustainable, stateless Northern Ireland, for heaven's sake.
- Now, it may not have been entirely clear because we really went through a, a weave, a sort of like patchwork of many different forms of psychology.
- States can't do it, can't have the patchwork of Colorado finding differently than Georgia, Florida, etcetera.
- You choose the second style or maybe another teacher, and So what you're ending up with at the end is a patchwork.
- And before you know it, you are in a patchwork quilt of excuses and pretty much getting a PhD in justification and rationalization.
- So that this this patchwork of partial provision makes it harder to generate the demand for a universal system.
- We do this by a patchwork of committees and advisors and institutions and reports, and sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't.
- We have this incredible patchwork of much of it for profit.
- Like that seems like a reset, whereas whereas great marketing feels like a renovation and most people want a patchwork and most people want a quick fix.
- Anyway, so these are all you get all this stuff and and of course some of it will require a little bit of patchwork.
Examples
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The organization Meserve now heads is a patchwork of departments in six science areas.
Academic text (2003) -
The result was a patchwork of business policies that were not very effective.
Academic text (1991) -
The result is a patchwork of standards that vary from state to state and judge to judge.
Academic text (2000) -
And it turns out that the US has a tremendous patchwork of laws.
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The medieval system consisted of a complex patchwork of overlapping authorities.
Academic text (1995) -
How effective has the prevailing patchwork of federal, state, and local efforts been in dealing with flood losses?
Academic text (1993) -
The result has been a patchwork of inconsistent and unnecessarily ambiguous decisions.
Academic text (2017) -
Interpretation of clinical evidence, political acceptability, manufacturer contracts, and provincial economic environments contribute to this patchwork of programs.
Academic text (2016) -
Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are all composed of a patchwork of religions, sects, tribes, and ethnicities.
Academic text (2010) -
In the healthcare sector, we face a patchwork of regulations that differ from one state to another.
Synonyms
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4.6
A confused mixture of things or ideas
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7.3
A messy mixture of different things thrown together
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6.4
A confused mix of different things
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8.2
A mixture of different things, often very varied and unexpected
1
7.1
A messy mix of things that do not belong together
A mix of different ideas that do not form a clear whole
A confused mix of different things like old toys and books
Compounds
How Coherent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember patchwork for ideas or plans is to think of a quilt: the word joins patch ('a small piece') and work ('something made'), so a patchwork plan is made from many different pieces and can feel mixed rather than whole.