crudware

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noun

Crapware.

Similar
cheesewarecoasterwarecrapwareshitware
OriginEnglish softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru →
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Meanings

nouncrudware (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountablecomputingCrapware.

    Synonyms: cheeseware, coasterware, crapware, shitware

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCrapware.

Similar
cheesewarecoasterwarecrapwareshitware
Also see
cheesewarecoasterwarecrapwareshitware

Origin

  1. Middle Englishcrudde
  2. Englishcrud
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  4. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  6. Old Englishsōfte
  7. Middle Englishsofte
  8. Englishsoft
  9. Proto-Germanic*warō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  11. Old Englishwaru
  12. Middle Englishware
  13. Englishsoftwarebf.
  14. Englishcrudware

From crud + -ware.

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Cite this entry
APA

crudware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crudware

MLA

“crudware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crudware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crudware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crudware.

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