kludge
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- noun
- /kluːdʒ/
- Jargon
:
solución improvisada
- Why this is not done already is a mystery to me; the current strategy looks a lot like a kludge once you see the problem with safety.
Examples
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The software update was just a kludge that didn't fully address the underlying problems.
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In other words, it was a kludge: Skype worked, but it was far from ideal.
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The approach with aliases protects that information, but it is a kludge as a solution.
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I will try to make it so the website will work on both hip-cooking.com and hippressurecooking.com, though there is a pretty bad kludge in place now.
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(Actually, all American orthography of Yiddish is a kludge.)
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Who wants to have Microsoft patching and updating your software with some kind of kludge and extra hassles?
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His attempt to fix the broken chair was a kludge, using tape and a few screws from the toolbox.
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That solution was merely a kludge, hastily constructed from leftover materials to make it work.
Synonyms
A quick, ugly fix that is not reliable
Antonyms
How Makeshift
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kludge probably comes from the German word klug meaning 'clever'. Engineers began using it in a joking way for a quick, messy solution made from spare parts, so a kludge is a 'makeshift' or 'untidy' fix.