feature creep en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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.
Relateds
scope creep · mission creep · creeping elegance · kitchen-sinky