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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  misfeature
       
          /mis-fee'chr/ or /mis'fee"chr/ A feature that eventually
          causes lossage, possibly because it is not adequate for a new
          situation that has evolved.  Since it results from a
          deliberate and properly implemented feature, a misfeature is
          not a bug.  Nor is it a simple unforeseen side effect; the
          term implies that the feature in question was carefully
          planned, but its long-term consequences were not accurately or
          adequately predicted (which is quite different from not having
          thought ahead at all).  A misfeature can be a particularly
          stubborn problem to resolve, because fixing it usually
          involves a substantial philosophical change to the structure
          of the system involved.
       
          Many misfeatures (especially in user-interface design) arise
          because the designers/implementors mistake their personal
          tastes for laws of nature.  Often a former feature becomes a
          misfeature because trade-offs were made whose parameters
          subsequently change (possibly only in the judgment of the
          implementors).  "Well, yeah, it is kind of a misfeature that
          file names are limited to six characters, but the original
          implementors wanted to save directory space and we"re stuck
          with it for now."
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Misfeature \Mis*fea"ture\, n.
     Ill feature. [R.] --Keats.
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  misfeature /mis-fee'chr/ or /mis'fee`chr/ n. [common] A feature that
     eventually causes lossage, possibly because it is not adequate for a new
     situation that has evolved. Since it results from a deliberate and
     properly implemented feature, a misfeature is not a bug. Nor is it a
     simple unforeseen side effect; the term implies that the feature in
     question was carefully planned, but its long-term consequences were not
     accurately or adequately predicted (which is quite different from not
     having thought ahead at all). A misfeature can be a particularly
     stubborn problem to resolve, because fixing it usually involves a
     substantial philosophical change to the structure of the system
     involved.
  
     Many misfeatures (especially in user-interface design) arise because
     the designers/implementors mistake their personal tastes for laws of
     nature. Often a former feature becomes a misfeature because trade-offs
     were made whose parameters subsequently change (possibly only in the
     judgment of the implementors). "Well, yeah, it is kind of a misfeature
     that file names are limited to six characters, but the original
     implementors wanted to save directory space and we're stuck with it for
     now."
  
  

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Misfeature \Mis*fea"ture\, n.
     Ill feature. [R.] --Keats.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  misfeature
     n.
     An undesirable or incorrect feature.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  misfeature
     n.
     An undesirable or incorrect feature.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  misfeature
     n.
     An undesirable or incorrect feature.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  misfeature
     n.
     An undesirable or incorrect feature.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Misfeature /mɪsfˈiːtʃə/
  السّمة المريضة

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  misfeature /mɪsfˈiːtʃə/
  Fehlverhalten , ungünstige Eigenschaft , systematischer Fehler

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