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rough and ready [ rʌf ən(d) ˈrɛdi ]

• crude but effective.
• "a rough-and-ready estimating method"
Similar: basic, simple, crude, unrefined, unpolished, unsophisticated, makeshift, make-do, thrown together, cobbled together, provisional, stopgap, improvised, extemporary, hurried, sketchy, ad hoc,
Opposite: sophisticated,


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