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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To improve customers' experience, businesses must invest time and resources in creating a useful knowledge base and user-friendly self-service portal. Amit Gandhi, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Researchers tend to push the frontiers of technology, when a less sophisticated but more user-friendly device might actually be more useful. Dana MacKenzie, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 Free apps such as Merlin, which have been created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, are user-friendly and can help to identify birds worldwide. Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2024 Below are a few key differences/advantages UPDF offers compared to other mainstream PDF editors: One-click Access to Features UPDF's interface is intuitive and user-friendly. New Atlas, 17 Oct. 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 5 Nov. 2024.

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