blockish

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And as Paul Graham says in On Lisp (p30), such code 'looks solid and blockish'.

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Quick take

Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.

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adjective

Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.

adjective

Rude; clumsy; rough.

adjective

Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for blockish.

adjective

Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.

See also: cubic, three-dimensional, blocky

adjective

Rude; clumsy; rough.

See also: cubic, three-dimensional, blocky

adjective

Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.

See also: cubic, three-dimensional, blocky

Example sentences

And as Paul Graham says in On Lisp (p30), such code 'looks solid and blockish'.

Both titles involve typical scenarios: protagonists explore blockish worlds filled with deadly creatures and traps.

The Dyane is much better as a car but it was also a bit more expensive and people really loved the 2CV for its lines and thought the Dyane to be too blockish.

When I think of Google's material design, however, I always picture Android's rather flat and blockish UI.

I imagine a regularish block, with all "peripherals" being blockish, and mounted into recesses on the main block.

Yet if you're trying to always keep descriptive names of variables and methods, you're not only adding some verbosity, but also more often have to split lines - and that adds to making code more "blockish".