kludgey

awkward, unpolished, designed with complete disregard to established rules, potentially fatal

The kludgey highway off-ramp that curled into a figure-eight loop before turning into a two-foot merge lane into traffic was cited as the cause of numerous accidents by the state highway patrol.

kludgey by Webster'03 January 28, 2003

kludgebucket 

poorly designed, thown together computer hardware and/or software, comprised of odds and ends of other pieces of hardware and/or software, and barely capable of performing the task(s) for which it was created.

"The old PC she uses to control the lighting in her home is a real kludgebucket."

kludgebucket by bustapost October 8, 2008

kludge 

A quick, messy but functional fix or workaround to a problem.

The server chassis was snapped in two, but I've kludged it together with electrical tape.

kludge by Alli February 4, 2003

kludge 

Not a necessarily a quick fix - but a unique, cheap approach to a sudden engineering disaster that arises; It's not pretty.

Also the only word of this variety to avoid being a disparaging remark about a group of people.

Engineer 1: "look I fixed it!"

Engineer 1: "Turns out that a single matchbook cover can hold this entire 3 ton mechanism stable."

Engineer 2: "thats's a total kludge."

kludge by Rotella-T December 17, 2013

kludgy

awkward, unpolished, designed with complete disregard to established rules, potentially fatal

The kludgy highway off-ramp that curled into a figure-eight loop before turning into a two-foot merge lane into traffic was cited as the cause of numerous accidents by the state highway patrol.

kludgy by Webster'03 January 28, 2003

kludge 

Bad code that works but is barely readable, overly complex and unmaintainable.

This code is a total kludge!

kludge by Kristin October 8, 2001

klugey

Awkwardly designed, jerry-rigged, inefficient, clunky.

I know the tarp is a klugey solution, but we don't have the time to build a car port.

klugey by Jeffrey K. May 17, 2007