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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For those that prefer to pedal, Yokohama has a user-friendly community e-bike program, Yokohama Bay Bikes. Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2025 Unleashed is the most comprehensive and user-friendly plan, offering up to 150 Mbps with no contract or data cap. Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 16 July 2025 The blueprint is based on open-source technology and designed to be robust, user-friendly, privacy-preserving and fully interoperable with future European Digital Identity Wallets. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 July 2025 Last year, with Hollywood fanfare, the company introduced Apple Intelligence, a version of AI that only Apple, creator of the world’s most user-friendly products and services, could possibly create. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025 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 23 Jul. 2025.

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