misfeature

American  

[mis-fee-cher] / mɪsˈfi tʃər /

noun

Archaic.

1. a distorted feature.

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Other Word Forms

• misfeatured adjective

Etymology

Origin of misfeature

First recorded in 1815–25; mis- ¹ + feature

Example Sentences

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.

He has his Winter too of pale misfeature, Or else he would forego his mortal nature.

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various

"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.

Especially used for    user-visible misbehavior caused by a bug or misfeature.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.

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