hacky
adjective
uk/ˈhæk.i/us/ˈhæk.i/hackyadjective(LOW QUALITY)
informal
(ofcomputerprogramming) notelegant(=simplein a way thatshowsskillandcare),althoughit maysolveaproblemeffectively:
I justwrotesomeugly, hackycodethat got thejobdone.
Theprogrammingiskindof hacky, but itworks.
informal
(of apieceof writing orfilm) notskilfulororiginal:
Thesitcomis a hacky, cliché-filledmess.
Thedocumentarywasillconceived,badlyshotand hacky.
- Iknowthis is a hacky,unprofessionalway to do it, but I'm the first toadmitthat I'm not a goodprogrammer.
- There is aquickway round this (althoughit's a hacky one).
- It'seasyto come up with abunchofstupidhackyideasandthrowthem on thepage.
- It's a hackyremakeof amediocre1970smovie.
Not paying attention
- absent
- absent-minded
- absent-mindedly
- absent-mindedness
- absently
- anyhow
- dreamily
- dreamy
- drop/loweryourguardidiom
- faraway
- glazed
- laxly
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- merrily
- misfocus
- moment
- sideline
- unmindful
- unwary
- zone out
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Hurrying and doing things quickly
Not of good quality
hackyadjective(OF COUGH)
(of acough)loudandsoundingpainful:
Thechildhad apersistent,dry, hackycough.
Synonym
hacking
Respiratory disorders
- altitude sickness
- anti-asthma
- anti-tubercular
- anti-tuberculosis
- anti-tuberculous
- asthmatic
- congested
- emphysema
- halitosis
- hepatopulmonary syndrome
- hyperventilate
- legionnaires' disease
- long Covid
- man flu
- sore throat
- strep throat
- stuffiness
- tubercular
- upper airway resistance syndrome
- ventilate