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crippleware

noun

Etymology

From cripple + -ware.

  1. derived from *ger-✻
  2. derived from *grewb-✻
  3. derived from *krupilaz✻
  4. derived from crypel
  5. derived from cripel
  6. formed as crippleware — “cripple + -ware”

Definitions

  1. A program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the…

    A program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the interest of its author having the crippleware user make a purchase of the uncrippled program.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for crippleware. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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