quick-fixn.adj.
/ˌkwɪkˈfɪks/, U.S. /ˌkwɪkˈfɪks/ Originally U.S.
A. n.
A quick and easy remedy or solution. Also depreciative: an expedient but temporary solution which fails to address underlying problems.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [noun] > an expedient but temporary solution
quick-fix1896
magic formula1910
workaround1961
the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation > instance of > of makeshift kind
quick-fix1896
Band-Aid1968
1896 Washington Post 7 Aug. 10/1 (advt.) Saks' Quick-fix fixes the tire quick as it's punctured.
1951 Chicago Tribune 20 Dec. iii. 2/4 ‘I said something really rude to my buddy.’.. ‘Try a quick fix with a simple, casual apology.’
1978 Time 16 Oct. 43 Schreiber called Dreyfus' proposal a gimmicky, vote-getting ‘quick-fix’.
1993 U.S. News & World Rep. 11 Jan. 27/2 Environmental hard-liners label these advances ‘technological quick fixes’, because they undermine efforts to get farmers to fight pests with..‘sustainable agriculture’.
2002 A. Coppin & J. Barratt Timeless Managem. ii. ii. 26 There are no quick fixes for building character, it is a lifelong exercise.
B. adj.
1. That fixes something quickly; (also) that can be fixed or made quickly; that is quick and easy to fit, prepare, etc.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > in position > that can be (quickly) fixed
fixable1785
quick-fix1915
1915 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 11 Nov. (advt.) Quick Fix Metal Court Plaster, mends aluminum, enameled ware, tinware, etc., without special tools.
1935 Washington Post 22 Oct. 12/2 (advt.) Elmwood Farm Quick-Fix Chicken Shortcake.
1954 Times 24 Apr. 12/3 (advt.) The ‘Quick-Fix’ system of Double Window Mounting provides thermal insulation..and reduces noise penetration.
1962 Jrnl. Conflict Resol. 6 287/1 ‘Quick fix’ shelters..can be built with an hour's warning time, if the materials are readily at hand.
1972 Times 30 Nov. 18/5 Quick-fix, switch-operated adaptor fittings.
1992 Chatelaine June 101/1 We've designed some quick-fix dinners that have about the same number of calories as a bag of popcorn.
2. figurative. Of a measure, solution, repair, etc.: that is a quick-fix; expedient but temporary.
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1945 First Suppl. Surplus Appropriation Rescission Bill, 1946 (Hearings U.S. Senate Appropriations Comm.) i. 514 [Demands] to fix defects in existing aircraft, to incorporate lessons of combat, quick-fix sort of jobs... We neglected to a considerable degree fundamental research in order to put every effort on the immediate and compelling things that we had to do.
1964 World Politics 16 375 The deployment of strategic weapons in Cuba may have recommended itself to the Soviet leaders as a ‘quick fix’ measure.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 25 Dec. 5/4 On the one hand, he is urged to make quick-fix tax cuts and get the economy moving.
1993 Amer. Jrnl. Agric. Econ. 75 501/1 The authors emphatically reject the quick-fix theory that suggests the best public policy for rural America is a high level of commodity price.
2002 Signs 28 394 While Smiley refuses to posit memory-work as a quick-fix solution, this is not to say that the novel advocates repressing traumatic memory.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1896