1. Work that is done in a careless, unskilled, or mediocre manner; shoddy or inferior work.
Usage: Usually used in the plural or as a mass noun.; Informal or colloquial.
2. Routine or mechanical work performed without skill or care; hack work.
Usage: Often used to describe writing, coding, or other creative work done hastily or for money rather than quality.

Examples

• The contractor's hackworks on the renovation left the homeowners disappointed.
• She refused to submit hackworks to the publisher and rewrote the entire manuscript.
• The software developer was tired of doing hackworks for low-paying clients.
• His early novels were dismissed as hackworks, but he later became a respected author.
• The gallery owner would not display such obvious hackworks from unknown artists.