Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anti-feature

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.60 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-fea-ture
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Intentionally-implemented functionality of a product or service (typically technology) which hinders or disadvantages the user, and whose removal may incur an additional charge.

noun

Functionality originally intended as a feature, but perceived as a bug, annoyance, or infringement of freedoms by some or even most users.

Example Sentences

"The printer's anti-features made it hardly worth using: the small $40 ink cartridges get blacklisted after first use to prevent refilling."
"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."
"For example, there are aliases or synonyms for many method names; size and length will both return the numbers of entries in an array. Some consider this sort of thing to be an annoyance or anti-feature, but I consider it a good design. Ruby strives for consistency and regularity."

Etymology

From anti- + feature.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Inflected Forms

anti-features (plural) antifeature (alternative)

Phrases

dark pattern

Frequently Paired Words

crippleware dark pattern

Questions

What does anti-feature mean?: Intentionally-implemented functionality of a product or service (typically technology) which hinders or disadvantages the user, and whose removal may incur an additional charge.
Where does anti-feature come from?: From anti- + feature.

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