Bug-ridden
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Full of defects.
"Bug-ridden codes cannot be trusted to yield good science, or even safe science. So beware! Quirky codes are really bug-ridden codes, except that the bugs are alive and well and you are the intended victims."
- 2 Full of insects.
"In the capital of the Reich, in the city of the “illustrious Führer” of all places, in the largest prison in Germany, everything was filthy, bug-ridden, and filled with lice."
Example
More examples"Bug-ridden codes cannot be trusted to yield good science, or even safe science. So beware! Quirky codes are really bug-ridden codes, except that the bugs are alive and well and you are the intended victims."
Etymology
From bug + -ridden.
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