1. (adj) When a service or utility is repaired or patched together haphazardly rather than correctly in an effort to save time or money; often resulting in frequent accidents, failures, or outages. The resulting jumbled mess of wires often resembles the lights and cords on a Christmas
tree.
2. (adj) A
sub-
par, often dangerous and shoddy wiring
job consisting of a jumbled mess of cables, exposed wires, and, shorts-outs; that is the result of numerous shortcuts taken by someone to save time or money.
3. (adj) Any utility or service that was repaired or engineered in a
sub-par manner out of sheer laziness or ineptitude.
Synonyms: half-assed, shoddy,
sub-par, piss-poor