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working as designed: adj.

  [IBM]

  1. In conformance to a wrong or inappropriate specification; useful, but misdesigned.

  2. Frequently used as a sardonic comment on a program's utility.

  3. Unfortunately also used as a bogus reason for not accepting a criticism or suggestion. At IBM, this sense is used in official documents! See BAD.

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