'New' — undated novelty claim
'Our new feature', 'a new approach' — 'new' is a self-discrediting word the moment the feature is six months old.
What ProfText flags
'New' is relative. Specify when it was introduced or compared to what.
How to fix it
Add context: 'introduced in 2024' or 'compared to previous v1 approach'.
Why this matters
Software, products, and methodologies are all 'new' for a short window. The word survives in documentation long after it stops being accurate, and it actively misleads first-time readers about what's recent versus baseline. Strip the word; if recency genuinely matters, anchor it ('launched January 2025').
Languages
Detection pattern
\b(new|novel|innovative|groundbreaking|revolutionary)\s+(approach|method|technique|technology|solution|feature)\b
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