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second-system effects

second-system effects is the plural of second-system effect.

Meaning of second-system effect

Noun

second-system effect (plural second-system effects)

  1. The tendency of small, elegant, and successful systems to be succeeded by overengineered, bloated systems, due to inflated expectations and overconfidence.

Questions about second-system effects

What is second-system effects the plural of?
Second-system effects is the plural of second-system effect.

Words near second-system effects in the dictionary

  1. second-story men
  2. second-string
  3. second-stringer
  4. second-stringers
  5. second-system effect
  6. second-system effects
  7. second-system syndrome
  8. second-system syndromes
  9. second-teamer
  10. second-teamers
  11. second-to-last

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