hackishadj.1
/ˈhakɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈhækɪʃ/ΚΠ
1833 Sporting Mag. Apr. 406/1 This truly-deserving pet..is much better in pedigree (perhaps) than in appearance, to which her hackish hind-quarters and white stockings mainly contribute.
1864 Baily's Monthly Mag. Nov. 47 Neptunus..is very much altered for the better, having lost that hackish appearance he had as a three-year-old.
1872 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 400/2 Empress—is a very springy-going varmint mare, but hackish in appearance.
2. Resembling or having the character of a hack writer or hack writing; amateurish; hackneyed.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > stale, trite, or hackneyed
stale1550
cock-crowen1577
hackney1590
threadbare1598
worn-out1713
hackish1868
thread-worn1888
timeworn1901
old hat1949
connect-the-dots1971
join-the-dots1988
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > not professional
unprofessional1770
amateur1814
unbusiness-like1824
amateurish1847
hackish1868
unbusiness1901
amateur night1910
amateur hour1925
do-it-yourself1959
DIY1991
1868 H. James Let. 27 Mar. (1974) I. ii. 84 I write little and only tales, which..I shall continue to manufacture in a hackish manner.
1955 Charleston (Va.) Daily Mail 1 Oct. Stassen is a hackish politician and prone to squander public money.
1988 Times 23 Jan. 10/3 It was easy come, easy go, almost as if he felt it was hackish and infra dig. for a gentleman to spend on himself the money he earned by writing.
2012 N.Y. Mag. 2 Apr. 72/2 His approach to The Hunger Games is hackish and dimwitted. The film is all shaky close-ups.
2015 Guardian (Nexis) 7 May The usual blend of hackish insights and squinting recollections.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
hackishadj.2
/ˈhakɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈhækɪʃ/ Of, relating to, or characteristic of a computer hack (hack n.1 7, 7b, 8).
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1982 Re: New proposal for handling net traffic - (nf) in net.news (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Nov. Our site..was recently subjected to incredibly high loads... Fortunately we're out of that thicket for now, but only in a hackish sort of way.
2004 ‘Dr. K.’ Hackers' Tales i. 30 A friend..showed me a little hackish trick on the school computers where you created a shortcut to the school server on your desktop and you would get folders with everyone's usernames.
2015 B. V. Root Interactive Applic. using Matplotlib iv. 110 The easiest way (but a little hackish) is to monkey patch the format_coord {} method with a customized function.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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