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: for the particular end or case at hand without consideration of wider application
The decisions were made ad hoc.
1
a
: concerned with a particular end or purpose
an ad hoc investigating committee
b
: formed or used for specific or immediate problems or needs
ad hoc solutions
2
: fashioned from whatever is immediately available : improvised
large ad hoc parades and demonstrations—
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- The business’s new computer system proved not to be a panacea.


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