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antifeature

antifeature is the alternative form 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

Forms of antifeature

pluralantifeatures

Questions about antifeature

What is antifeature the alternative form of?
Antifeature is the alternative form of anti-feature.

Words near antifeature in the dictionary

  1. antifashionable
  2. antifashions
  3. antifat
  4. antifatigue
  5. antifear
  6. antifeature
  7. antifeatures
  8. antifebrific
  9. antifebrile
  10. antifebriles
  11. antifebrin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antifeature (page history and authors); anti-feature (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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