The phrase "piecemeal work" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to work that is done or completed in small, separate pieces rather than all at once. Here is an example sentence: "The construction of the building was delayed due to the piecemeal work approach taken by the contractors."
But piecemeal work was not enough to feed his large brood.
He found piecemeal work in Madrid passing out leaflets, and Ms. Delgado, needing money, reluctantly followed.
McCarthy also found piecemeal work in Hollywood; he was on the crew of the first "Star Trek" movie in 1978, assisting with special-effects photography.
She found piecemeal work in the art departments of a couple of films, and through that was hired to refurbish a room in a producer's house.
Adrián L. and José Manuel J. have resisted going back into the fields, making do with piecemeal work: putting up a roof here, re-tiling a bathroom there.
"This is not a time to do piecemeal work on putting together a bill," said the House majority leader, Representative Tom DeLay of Texas.
"I don't believe piecemeal works – it has to be right across the system.
But even here costs are coming down, as the translation industry is shifting from project-based to piecemeal working.
But the oddball sublimity that elevates similarly piecemeal works like "Cymbeline" is absent here, and Mr. Kulick, who has applied a refreshingly understated hand to Shakespeare in the past, does the text no favors with his telegraphed delivery.
With a handpicked crew of artisans, Vasari began replacing the accumulation of older, piecemeal works — Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Pontormo and Rosso had all contributed to the palace — with a unified visual program that was essentially a walk-in piece of Medici propaganda.
Traditionally a bond trustee's job is mechanical: Mail out interest checks to bondholders and, if the money is earmarked to build something, dole out cash to the developer piecemeal as work progresses.
