Cruftiness

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Quality of being crufty. slang, uncountable

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

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

Etymology

From crufty + -ness.

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