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anti-features

anti-features is the plural of anti-feature.

Meaning of anti-feature

Noun

anti-feature (plural anti-features)

  1. Intentionally-implemented functionality of a product or service (typically technology) which hinders or disadvantages the user, and whose removal may incur an additional charge.
    • The printer's anti-features made it hardly worth using: the small $40 ink cartridges get blacklisted after first use to prevent refilling.
  2. Functionality originally intended as a feature, but perceived as a bug, annoyance, or infringement of freedoms by some or even most users.
    • Apple's iBooks 1.1 has an important anti-feature. Full justification has been applied to all books by default on the iPad (but not the iPhone) and cannot be overridden by the book designer.2010, Elizabeth Castro, EPUB Straight to the Point […] , Peachpit Press, →ISBN

Questions about anti-features

What is anti-features the plural of?
Anti-features is the plural of anti-feature.

Words near anti-features in the dictionary

  1. anti-fascism
  2. anti-fascisms
  3. anti-fascist
  4. Anti-Fascist Protection Wall
  5. anti-feature
  6. anti-features
  7. anti-federal
  8. anti-federalism
  9. anti-federalist
  10. anti-federalists
  11. anti-federals

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