gold-plating
Americannoun
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the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
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any expensive nonessential item, convenience, or feature.
an apartment with a sauna and other gold-plating.
Etymology
Origin of gold-plating
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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These include industrial waste from microchip manufacturing or from gold-plating processes.
From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024
But that’s before a trio of late stories achieve an alchemical feat, gold-plating the collection’s themes.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2018
Prisk says the government wills to the gold-plating of legislation from Brussels.
From The Guardian • May 21, 2012
The gold-plating was literal for anyone who invested in the deluxe CD.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2012
During gold-plating there is a considerable advantage in keeping the electrodes moving or the solution stirred.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
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