User-hostile
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: User-hostile is an adjective meaning Difficult to use, especially for an untrained user.
Meaning
Difficult to use, especially for an untrained user.
Example Sentences
Usability is not a quality that can be spread out to cover a poor design like a thick layer of peanut butter, so a user-hostile interface does not get user-friendly even by the addition of a brilliant help system.
If you've had some experience using JavaScript and HTML, then you know that JavaScript can be used to make an interface much more user-friendly (even though it can also be used to create user-hostile features, even ones that crash the browser).
Antonyms for user-hostile
Common opposites include user-friendly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include user-unfriendly, hostile, unwieldy, unfriendly, unwieldsome, unhospitable.
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