feature creep
English
Noun
feature creep (uncountable)
- The tendency of a design project or product cycle to accumulate more and more features or details, rather than to be completed and released at a more basic level.
- Our sales division promised our client a feature in our software that is currently not feasible for us to implement, which will certainly lead to feature creep.
Synonyms
- creeping elegance
- creeping featurism
- featuritis