adjective
- awkwardly or hastily put together; makeshift and inelegant
Usage: computing; informal
Examples
- The software’s kludgy interface made it difficult for users to navigate.
- His kludgy solution to the problem worked, but it wasn’t very efficient.
- The website looked kludgy with its mismatched fonts and colors.
- They created a kludgy workaround until the proper fix could be implemented.
- The kludgy code was hard to maintain and debug.
- Her kludgy repair job held the machine together temporarily.