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Word: Cruft
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1950s (in the sense ‘rubbish, detritus’): origin unknown
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
krʌft
Dialects: British English
Definition:
badly designed, unnecessarily complicated, or unwanted code or software
Short Definition:badly designed or unwanted computer software
Examples:- this removes all unnecessary cruft from Word documents saved as HTML
