demented

Yet another term of disgust used to describe a program. The connotation in this case is that the program works as designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program that generates large numbers of meaningless error messages, implying that it is on the brink of imminent collapse.

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(1994-12-07)

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
 

Demented \De*ment"ed\, a. [From Dement.]

Insane; mad; of unsound mind. -- De*ment"ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

55 Moby Thesaurus words for "demented": abnormal, bereft of reason, brainsick, crackbrained, cracked, crazed, crazy, daft, delirious, deluded, deprived of reason, deranged, disoriented, distraught, flighty, frenzied, hallucinated, hysterical, insane, irrational, loco, lunatic, mad, maddened, maniac, manic, mazed, mental, mentally deficient, meshuggah, moon-struck, non compos, non compos mentis, not all there, not right, odd, of unsound mind, off, psycho, queer, reasonless, senseless, sick, stark-mad, stark-staring mad, strange, tetched, touched, unbalanced, unhinged, unsane, unsettled, unsound, wandering, witless

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

demented adj : affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" [syn: brainsick, crazy, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Demented \De*ment"ed\, a. [From Dement.]

Insane; mad; of unsound mind. -- De*ment"ed*ness, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)