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yagni

yagni is the alternative form of YAGNI.

Noun capitalized: YAGNI

YAGNI (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, informal) Acronym of you ain't gonna need it, the principle that software developers should not add functionality to software until it is required.

Forms of yagni

alternative formyagni

Questions about yagni

What is yagni the alternative form of?
Yagni is the alternative form of YAGNI.
What part of speech is yagni?
Yagni is a noun.

Words near yagni in the dictionary

  1. Yagi-Uda antennas
  2. yagiite
  3. yagis
  4. yagna
  5. yagnas
  6. yagni
  7. Yagnob
  8. Yagnobi
  9. Yagnobis
  10. Yagnobs
  11. yagnya

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yagni (page history and authors); YAGNI (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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