bug-ridden en · ADJ
Etymology
From bug + -ridden.
Meanings
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(of software) 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.
2005, Stan Openshaw, Ian Turton, High Performance Computing and the Art of Parallel Programming […] , Routledge, →ISBN:
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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.
2000, Hester Baer, transl., The Blessed Abyss: Inmate #6582 in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp for Women, Wayne State University Press, translation of original by Nanda Herbermann, →ISBN, page 106:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most bug-ridden | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more bug-ridden | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |