kludge
nounUK /kluːdʒ/
US /kluːdʒ/
A kludge is a quick, messy fix that works but is not very good.
The engineer used a kludge of tape and wire to keep the machine running.
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2. A badly put-together system or device made from mismatched parts.
The whole software system was a kludge of old and new code.
3. To fix something in a clumsy, temporary way.
They kludged the broken door shut with a piece of string.
4. A computer program or routine that is inelegant but functional.
The programmer wrote a kludge to handle the odd input format.