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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.