user-hostile

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user-hostile

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From user + hostile, influenced by user-friendly.

adjective more user-hostile · most user-hostile · user hostile

Difficult to use, especially for an untrained user. 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.

Opposite: user-friendly

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Opposite: user-friendly

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"user-hostile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/user-hostile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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user-hostile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/user-hostile

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"user-hostile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/user-hostile.

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@misc{user_hostile_2026,
  title = {user-hostile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/user-hostile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}