Behelfslösung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- kludge noun A rough, quickly built device made to check whether an idea works before a proper version is designed.
Senses
Behelfslösung is used for these senses in English:
- band-aid (Australia, Canada, US, Philippines, informal) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight. [from 1968]
- kludge (informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.
kludge — full definition
- noun A rough, quickly built device made to check whether an idea works before a proper version is designed.
- noun A rough-and-ready method or object that solves a problem well enough for the time being.
- noun A jumble of unrelated pieces stuck together into one thing.
- noun (informal) A piece of computer software put together poorly or in a rush.
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