fritterware

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noun

Software with unnecessary features that encourage timewasting and experimentation.

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

nounfritterware (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountablecomputingSoftware with unnecessary features that encourage timewasting and experimentation.

Origin

  1. Englishfritter
  2. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  3. Old Englishsōfte
  4. Middle Englishsofte
  5. Englishsoft
  6. Proto-Germanic*warō
  7. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  8. Old Englishwaru
  9. Middle Englishware
  10. Englishsoftwarebf.
  11. Englishfritterware

From fritter + -ware.

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APA

fritterware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fritterware

MLA

“fritterware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fritterware. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fritterware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fritterware.

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