misfeature
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Especially used for user-visible misbehavior caused by a bug or misfeature.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
Yet, though that day had seemed to Pauline almost more delicately fair than any of their days, it ended dismally with April in black misfeature, and before they reached home they were wet through.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton
Since it results from a deliberate and properly-implemented feature, a misfeature is not a bug.
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.
Like lossage but connotes that the failure is due to a designed-in misfeature rather than a simple inadequacy or a mere bug.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
"Well, yeah, it is kind of a misfeature that file names are limited to 6 characters, but the original implementors wanted to save directory space and we're stuck with it for now."
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.
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