quick-and-dirty
Example Sentences
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The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, has become a quick-and-dirty way to quantify caution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Here's the quick-and-dirty rundown on everything you need to know about tech politics this week.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023
A few months ago I looked at the “misery index” — the sum of unemployment and inflation, originally suggested by Arthur Okun as a quick-and-dirty summary of the state of the economy.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2023
In a sense, the use of commonplace properties when details are missing is a type of heuristic — it is a quick-and-dirty strategy that will often work well but sometimes fail.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021
To `hack up on' implies a quick-and-dirty modification to an existing system.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
