Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
bugginess

bugginess

7.1
A lot of bugs in a program that make it not work well
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌɡiˌnɛs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : errores
  • The game's bugginess was evident in the numerous errors players encountered while trying to enjoy it.

Examples

  • Campsites vary as to their bugginess, and staying in a camp with a breeze helps, of course.

    Blog text (13)

  • If SOE continues developing the game as they have been after release, then I won't mind the early release so much, but I fear that they'll either have to take a more conservative approach to development now that the game will be out in the hands of paying customers and/or that players will be put off by the game's general bugginess come November 20th.

    Blog text (10)

  • Many users reported the software's bugginess, leading to frequent crashes during use.

  • The application's bugginess caused frustration among developers who needed a stable version for testing.

Synonyms

faultiness
vsbugginess
6.7

A situation where something has mistakes or defects

focuses specifically on many software bugs rather than general defects
troublesomeness
vsbugginess
6.8

To cause problems, worry, or bother

refers to many errors as the cause of those difficulties

Antonyms

stability
363 3.1

Being steady and not likely to change

perfection
97 3.7

A thing that has no mistakes and shows the best quality

Surface Forms

bugginess singular
bugginesses plural

Morphology

bugginess = buggy (transparent) = bug + y + ness

Formation from the adjective 'buggy' to the noun with '-ness' is a standard, fully regular derivation.

Etymology

The word bugginess comes from the everyday word bug, which first meant 'insect' and later became a name for a 'small problem' in a machine. One popular story says a real moth once caused a computer error, and you can see the same root in debug ('remove bugs'). So, bugginess means having many small problems or errors, especially in software.