quick-and-dirty

quick and dirty

Done very quickly, cheaply, and without as much care, quality, or finesse as is usually required. Hyphenated if used before a noun. It's a bit quick and dirty, but the strap should hold the barrier shut until we can bring it to the mechanics. You can tell they did a quick-and-dirty job designing the web page. It just looks unprofessional, to be honest.
See also: and, dirty, quick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

quick-and-dirty

mod. rapidly and carelessly done. I’m selling this car, so all I want is a quick-and-dirty repair job.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a round robin
  • round robin
  • eleventh hour
  • dooper
  • heads I win, tails you lose
  • black market
  • good for nothing
  • good-for-nothing
  • a light touch
  • wiggy
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