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feature creep

feature creep noun: the tendency of a design project or product cycle to accumulate more and more features or details, rather than to be completed and released at a more basic level.

Noun

feature creep (uncountable)

  1. The tendency of a design project or product cycle to accumulate more and more features or details, rather than to be completed and released at a more basic level.
    • Our sales division promised our client a feature in our software that is currently not feasible for us to implement, which will certainly lead to feature creep.

Synonyms of feature creep

Questions about feature creep

What does feature creep mean?
Feature creep means the tendency of a design project or product cycle to accumulate more and more features or details, rather than to be completed and released at a more basic level.
What part of speech is feature creep?
Feature creep is a noun.

Words near feature creep in the dictionary

  1. feature
  2. feature back
  3. feature backs
  4. feature control frame
  5. feature control frames
  6. feature creep
  7. feature envy
  8. feature film
  9. feature films
  10. feature phone
  11. feature phones

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