noun
A condition in which one or more people, often in the form of a committee, progressively increase the scope and complexity of a project until the project is deemed infeasible and subsequently cancelled to the detriment of all involved.
Such projects are typically of a technical nature. Likewise someone who commits creeping featurism is most likely to be an engineer or otherwise technically advanced but not business minded.
A condition in which one or more people, often in the form of a committee, progressively increase the scope and complexity of a project until the project is deemed infeasible and subsequently cancelled to the detriment of all involved.
Such projects are typically of a technical nature. Likewise someone who commits creeping featurism is most likely to be an engineer or otherwise technically advanced but not business minded.
Although market research showed that a second factory would be profitable, once the engineering department became involved, creeping featurism set in and it was self-evident that an additional plant was not a viable idea.
by Imagineer G June 18, 2013
Get the creeping featurism mug.When the unsavory element gradually expands to neighborhoods that used to be considered upper class.
We never had to lock our doors at night in this neighborhood, but because of the ghetto creep over the last few years we can't leave anything out without it disappearing. The bad part of town used to be miles away, now it's in this neighborhood too.
by Acquireutah September 3, 2017
Get the ghetto creep mug.by groupmentality April 17, 2017
Get the creep muffin mug.Stacy was subconscious creeping on her whole friends list, and didn't notice it until half an hour later.
by ohmygahd May 24, 2011
Get the Subconscious Creeping mug.A sketchy Guy who always asks to wash your dog & releases “the poison” on his girlfriend’s face, while asleep.
by Freckles8221 January 30, 2020
Get the Creep-dog mug.The phenomenon where the teachers aren't aware of each other, and simultaneously increase the amount of homework they give, thinking that the students would be able to handle it, thus collectively significantly increasing the overall amount.
by Dominator21GT February 27, 2021
Get the Homework creep mug.by lolalLLo April 9, 2017
Get the Street Creep mug.