hacky.
Like a hack; amateurish.
Meaning & usage
Like a hack; amateurish.
Filthy or totally dirty.
Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
s hacky cough. A hacky laugh. A hacky breath.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English hack Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hacky From hack + -y.
Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)
Where this word comes from
Alteration of hackneyed.
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