I really enjoy finding multiple uses for things or meeting a special need with an item designed for something else entirely. For example, I use an IV pole to hold a mirror so I can cut my own hair, and as a clothes rack the rest of the time. Is there an adjective that describes this practice or a noun that is this practice? Thanks!
Do anyone know a word that means using something for other than its intended purpose?
Ersatz (German), or substitute. Kludge is also used for that purpose.
Do anyone know a word that means using something for other than its intended purpose?
misuse
Do anyone know a word that means using something for other than its intended purpose?
contaminating
Do anyone know a word that means using something for other than its intended purpose?
Improvise, or improvisation. Using an object meant for one thing to do another.
Do anyone know a word that means using something for other than its intended purpose?
euphemism... is the required word... i guess...
YOU BETTER CHECK OUT THE DICTIONARY MEANING OF THIS WORD.
Do anyone know a word that means using something for other than its intended purpose?
well needless to say, performing such an action is only limited by one's own imagination; having said that, the item could be termed "multifunctional"; "substitute" is another.
Do anyone know a word that means using something for other than its intended purpose?
MISUSE
Do anyone know a word that means using something for other than its intended purpose?
Intended purpose... "alternate use"
"bastardize" or "make-shift"
There are others that would be politacally incorrect. It's initials are N R... R being "rigged". I don't know where that came from.
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