user-friendly

adjective

us·​er-friend·​ly ˌyü-zər-ˈfren(d)-lē How to pronounce user-friendly (audio)
: easy to learn, use, understand, or deal with
user-friendly software
also : agreeable, appealing
a user-friendly atmosphere
user-friendliness noun

Examples of user-friendly in a Sentence

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And while President Joe Biden added requirements to make pricing information more user-friendly, Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House has raised questions about what's next, even though posting prices is an area of rare bipartisan agreement. Julie Appleby, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024 These attacks initially exploited the user-friendly features that are so useful to Google Calendar users to link to malicious Google Forms. Davey Winder, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 The large, intuitive 4.3-inch touchscreen makes operation simple and user-friendly. Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024 Advertisement Nazarian said the region’s transit system needs to be much more user-friendly. Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for user-friendly 

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of user-friendly was in 1972

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“User-friendly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/user-friendly. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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