feature creep

English

Noun

feature creep (uncountable)

1. The tendency of a design project or product cycle to accumulate more and more features or details, rather than to be completed and released at a more basic level.

   Our sales division promised our client a feature in our software that is currently not feasible for us to implement, which will certainly lead to feature creep.

Synonyms

• creeping featurism
• featuritis

See also

• creeping elegance
• kitchen-sinky
• scope creep