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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>cretinous</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cretin.html" title="cretin"/><link rel="next" href="crippleware.html" title="crippleware"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">cretinous</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cretin.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="crippleware.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="cretinous"/><dt xmlns="" id="cretinous"><b>cretinous</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/kret<65>n<EFBFBD>@s/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/kreet<65>n<EFBFBD>@s/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Wrong; stupid; non-functional; very poorly designed. Also used
pejoratively of people. See <a href="../D/dread-high-bit-disease.html"><i class="glossterm">dread high-bit disease</i></a>
for an example. Approximate synonyms: <a href="../B/bletcherous.html"><i class="glossterm">bletcherous</i></a>,
<a href="../B/bagbiting.html"><i class="glossterm">bagbiting</i></a>, <a href="../L/losing.html"><i class="glossterm">losing</i></a>,
<a href="../B/brain-damaged.html"><i class="glossterm">brain-damaged</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cretin.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="crippleware.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cretin<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>crippleware</td></tr></table></div></body></html>