1. a small adhesive strip with a gauze pad used to cover minor wounds
Usage: trademark, often used generically
2. a temporary or superficial solution to a problem
Usage: figurative

1. providing only a temporary or superficial solution
Usage: figurative

Examples

• She put a bandaid on the small cut on her finger.
• The first aid kit contained bandaids and antiseptic wipes.
• The new policy is just a bandaid solution to the budget crisis.
• We need real reform, not bandaid measures.
• His bandaid approach to the problem won’t work long-term.
• The bandaid fix only lasted a few weeks before the issue returned.