"fritterware" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fritterware.wav
Etymology: From fritter + -ware. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fritter|-ware|id2=software}} fritter + -ware Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fritterware (uncountable)
  1. Software with excess capability that serves no productive end. The term describes anything that eats huge amounts of time for quite marginal gains in function but seduces people into using it anyway. Tags: uncountable
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