Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

user-hostile

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: user-hos-tile
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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)."

Etymology

From user + hostile, influenced by user-friendly.

Inflected Forms

more user-hostile (comparative) most user-hostile (superlative) user hostile (alternative)

Antonyms

user-friendly

Questions

What does user-hostile mean?: Difficult to use, especially for an untrained user.
Where does user-hostile come from?: From user + hostile, influenced by user-friendly.

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