quick fix

noun

: an expedient usually temporary or inadequate solution to a problem

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One good rule of thumb is that health hacks that promise quick fixes are almost always too good to be true. Aimee Pugh Bernard, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025 And while President Donald Trump made increasing the housing supply one of his election campaign platforms, there are no quick fixes. Alex Veiga The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025 The international market isn’t the place for quick fixes or guarantees. Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025 Brazil’s political environment before the 1964 military coup was eerily similar to the United States’ now, featuring a high degree of political polarization, intense partisanship, and leaders promising quick fixes for seemingly intractable structural problems. Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for quick fix 

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of quick fix was in 1966

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“Quick fix.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quick%20fix. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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