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featuritis

featuritis noun: feature creep.

Noun

featuritis (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Feature creep.
    • Though I've always appreciated my bed's built-in Bluetooth pillow speaker, adding a ceiling projector really seems like featuritis to me.

Forms of featuritis

alternative formfeatureitis

Origin of featuritis

From feature + -itis.

Questions about featuritis

What does featuritis mean?
Featuritis means feature creep.
What part of speech is featuritis?
Featuritis is a noun.

Words near featuritis in the dictionary

  1. featurewise
  2. featuring
  3. featurings
  4. featurish
  5. featurism
  6. featuritis
  7. featurization
  8. featurizations
  9. featurize
  10. featurized
  11. featurizes

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