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underspecification

noun

Etymology

From under- + specification.

  1. derived from specification
  2. prefixed as underspecification — “under + specification”

Definitions

  1. Inadequate specification

    Inadequate specification; failure to specify in enough detail.

    • The underspecification of the project led to the development of software that was not fit for purpose.

  2. A phenomenon in which certain features are omitted in underlying representations.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA