Working as designed




<jargon> (IBM) Conforming to a wrong or inappropriate specification; useful, but misdesigned.

Frequently used as a sardonic comment on a program's utility or as a bogus reason for not accepting a criticism or suggestion.

At IBM, this sense is used in official documents!

See BAD.

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