cruftiness

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noun

Quality of being crufty.

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Meanings

nouncruftiness (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountablecomputingQuality of being crufty.

    Regardless of one's opinions on Sendmail's cruftiness, it's unquestionably a powerful and well-supported piece of software.

    2002, Michael D. Bauer, Building Secure Servers with Linux, page 205

Origin

From crufty + -ness.

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APA

cruftiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruftiness

MLA

“cruftiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruftiness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cruftiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruftiness.

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