hackish

ˈhækɪʃ

Definition

Definition of hackish - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

cyber intrusion

Rare

related to or characteristic of hacking

Rare

His hackish skills impressed the tech community.

geeky

techie

quick fix code

Rare

using poorly designed workarounds in computing

Rare

The software solution was quite hackish.

clumsy

inelegant

unrefined

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Origin of hackish

English, hack (cut) + ish (like)

Examples of hackish in a sentence

Her hackish methods were unconventional but effective.
His hackish approach to coding caused many bugs.
The hackish design of the app led to frequent crashes.

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French:lié au piratage, bricolé, ...
German:hacking-bezogen, hackermäßig, ...
Italian:relativo all'hacking, improvvisato, ...
Spanish:relacionado con hacking, chapucero, ...
Portuguese:relacionado a hacking, improvisado, ...
Chinese:黑客风格的, 粗糙的, ...
Japanese:ハッキングに関する, ハック的な, ...
Arabic:هاكِري, تَرْقِيعِي, ...
Hebrew:קָשׁוּר לְהָאקִינְג, מְאוּלְתָּר, ...
Russian:связанный с хакерством, хакерский, ...
Ukrainian:хакерський, кустарний, ...
Hindi:हैकिंग से संबंधित, हैकिश, ...
Bengali:হ্যাকিং সম্পর্কিত, অগোছালো, ...
Catalan:relacionat amb hacking, improvisat, ...
Czech:hackerský, zbastlený, ...
Danish:hacking-relateret, klodset, ...
Dutch:hacken gerelateerd, prutswerk, ...
Greek:σχετικό με το hacking, πρόχειρος, ...
Hungarian:hackeres, tákolt, ...
Khmer:ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងការលួចចូលប្រព័ន្ធកុំព្យូទ័រ, ប្រើដំណោះស្រាយបណ្តោះអាសន្នដែលរចនាមិនល្អក្នុងការសរសេរកម្មវិធី, ...
Korean:해킹 관련, 임시방편적인, ...
Persian:هکری, ناقص‌کارانه, ...
Polish:hakerski, prowizoryczny, ...
Portuguese (BR):característico de hacking, improvisado, ...
Romanian:legat de hacking, improvizat, ...
Swedish:hackig, hackeraktig, ...
Thai:เกี่ยวกับการแฮ็ก, ใช้วิธีแก้ปัญหาที่ไม่ดี, ...
Turkish:hackleme ile ilgili, geçici çözümlerle dolu, ...
Vietnamese:liên quan đến hack, tạm bợ, ...

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