gold-plating

the company engaged in gold-plating their product to appear more valuable.

we need to avoid gold-plating features that customers don't need.

the project manager warned against excessive gold-plating during development.

gold-plating can significantly increase the product's cost without adding real value.

the sales team pushed for gold-plating the software with unnecessary features.

we decided against gold-plating the interface with complex animations.

the focus should be on core functionality, not gold-plating the product.

gold-plating often leads to bloated and difficult-to-maintain systems.

the engineers recognized the risk of gold-plating the new hardware.

we're trying to avoid the trap of gold-plating and delivering a simple solution.

the client requested several features that amounted to unnecessary gold-plating.