DEFINITION: A technological innovation that doesn't work as expected because "normal people" can't figure out how to use it.

Unvention

Created by: younger

Pronunciation: UN-VEN-SHUN

Sentence: The device caused more headaches than solutions, hence it's nomination for the unvention of the year.

Etymology: Un + Invention More than just the opposite of an invention - in undoes what it is designed to do.

Points: 659

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