shelfware
nounEtymology From shelf + -ware.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software A piece of software that has never been used at all since its creation.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software A piece of software created for the sole purpose of being immediately shelved.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software Software purchased but not used.