Makeshift (noun): a usually crude and temporary expedient.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Women and Economics: “…these detached persons are unable to achieve any home life, and are thereby subjected to the inconvenience, deprivation…of our makeshift substitutes.”

This word reflects the unconventional substitute to a family life. People who aren’t married don’t get the full benefits of it. However, there are still things in marriage that detached people still want without the commitment. This is where substitutes are formed to fulfill the needs.

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