Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feature envy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: fea-ture en-vy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The situation where one class in a program makes excessive use of parts of other classes.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A class with feature envy of another class means it is highly coupled to that class. Any change to the class being envied means it affects the class with the envy."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does feature envy mean?: The situation where one class in a program makes excessive use of parts of other classes.

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