Kludgy

//klʌd͡ʒi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sloppy, hasty, shoddy, or inelegant. colloquial

    "This is kind of a kludgy solution, but it will work for now."

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"This is kind of a kludgy solution, but it will work for now."

Etymology

From kludge + -y.

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