Vaporware

//ˈveɪ.pə.wɛə(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An advertised product, often computer software, whose launch has not happened yet and might not ever happen. uncountable

    "Our hard-and-fast rule was that if we couldn't see it, it still resided in that special zone called "Vaporware.""

Example

More examples

"Our hard-and-fast rule was that if we couldn't see it, it still resided in that special zone called "Vaporware.""

Etymology

From vapor + -ware.

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