kludgy

Related to kludgy: kludge, kluge

kludgy

1. slang Of or describing an improvised solution or workaround that is awkward, inelegant, or unsophisticated. It's admittedly a bit kludgy having to daisy-chain everyone's computers together, but until the Wi-Fi is up and running, it's the best solution we've got. We had to slap together a kludgy software patch to fix the exploit discovered by hackers.
2. slang Of or describing a system or solution comprising disparate elements or parts that have been poorly assembled or integrated together. Most of these inexpensive off-the-shelf computers come with a kludgy mess of preinstalled software competing for resources. The tax system in this country is a kludgy amalgamation of decades' worth of policies all stacked on top of one another.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

kludgy

(ˈklədʒi and ˈkludʒi)
mod. having to do with an inefficient or sloppily written computer program. I don’t care if it’s kludgy. Does it work?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • klugy
  • little love lost between (two people)
  • backassed
  • an awkward customer
  • customer
  • a sticky situation
  • honyock
  • bamma
  • a sticky wicket
  • cornbread
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