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user-friendly

American  
[yoo-zer-frend-lee] / ˈyu zərˈfrɛnd li /

adjective

  1. easy to use, operate, understand, etc..

    the most user-friendly personal computer now on the market.
user-friendly British  

adjective

  1. easy to use or understand

    a user-friendly dictionary

  2. (of a computer system) easily operated and understood by means of a straightforward guide in jargon-free language

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Other Word Forms

  • user-friendliness noun

Etymology

Origin of user-friendly

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

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Nor is it David Henry Hwang’s user-friendly libretto based on the late Ming Dynasty Chinese classic, “Journey to the West.”

From Los Angeles Times

For the rest of 2023, they “lived like monks,” resisting outside hires and focused maniacally on building a user-friendly tool.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's awful, the most useful features are gone and it's not user-friendly. A waste of taxpayer money," another added.

From BBC

The developers behind HUG says that since then they've refined the design to make it more compact and user-friendly.

From BBC

"Our findings make it possible to create small, inexpensive and user-friendly measuring instruments and communication tools with high performance," Riemensberger said.

From Science Daily

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