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workarounds

workarounds is the plural of workaround.

Meaning of workaround

Noun

workaround (plural workarounds)

  1. (idiomatic) A means or method of circumventing an obstacle, particularly one arising from constraints, laws or regulatory requirements.
    • More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing.2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020
  2. A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
    Synonyms:
    kludge, kluge
  3. (project management) An impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk.

Questions about workarounds

What is workarounds the plural of?
Workarounds is the plural of workaround.

Words near workarounds in the dictionary

  1. workalikes
  2. workamper
  3. workampers
  4. workamping
  5. workaround
  6. workarounds
  7. workathon
  8. workathons
  9. workation
  10. workations
  11. workaway

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Adapted from Wiktionary: workarounds (page history and authors); workaround (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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