noun
- computer software or hardware that is announced or marketed but never actually produced or released
Usage: computing; informal
Examples
- The company’s revolutionary gaming console turned out to be vaporware.
- Many tech startups promise amazing software that ends up being vaporware.
- Investors grew suspicious when the app remained vaporware after two years.
- The much-hyped operating system was dismissed as vaporware by industry experts.
- Critics called the announced features vaporware until the company could deliver.
- The startup’s claims about their AI breakthrough seemed like vaporware to competitors.