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hacky

adjective

Meaning

  1. Like a hack; amateurish.
  2. Filthy or totally dirty.
  3. Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
  4. Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

sack(English)hackish(English)hacking(English)ramshackly(English)amateur(English)jackleg(English)botchy(English)hooky-playing(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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