hackiness

Noun

hackiness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being hacky.
   • The only criticism of “Death Time” is the extreme hackiness of the plot.1939 October, Louis Kuslam, “[-⁠-⁠-And Having Writ-⁠-⁠-] How do you like Stein’s cover?”, in [John Wood] Campbell, editor, Unknown, volume II, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Street & Smith Publications...
   • I could go on and comment on the following little classics, such as: “Isolationist”, “He Took It With Him”, “The Lunar Point of View”, “Call of Duty”, “Blueprint for Destruction”, all of which were highly enjoyable and without the taint of “hackiness” to stigmatize them for the Gripes Committee.1950 July, Calvin Tho[ma]s Beck, “[Reader’s Page] The Eminent C.T.B.”, in Howard Browne, editor, Fantastic Adventures, volume 12, number 7, Chicago, Ill.: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, page 151...