working as designed
<jargon> (IBM) Conforming to a wrong or inappropriate specification;
useful, but misdesigned. Frequently used as a sardonic comment on a program's
utility or as a bogus reason for not accepting a criticism or suggestion. At
IBM, this sense is used in official documents!
See BAD.
[Jargon File]
(1995-04-04)
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