Definition of a pain point

pain point

noun

• something displeasurable about a product.

  Have we made any progress on the pain points identified by user testing?

  Last edited on May 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'pain':
Champagne to our real friends, real pain to our sham friends	Definitions include: champagne to our real friends, real pain to our sham friends
feel no pain	Definitions include: being very drunk.
pain	Definitions include: a bother.
pain in (one's) *ss	Definitions include: a nuisance.
pain in the arse	Definitions include: a nuisance.
pain in the *ss	Definitions include: a nuisance.
pain in the butt	Definitions include: a nuisance.
pain in the neck	Definitions include: a nuisance.
PITA	Definitions include: acronym of "pain in the ass."
Other terms relating to 'point':
brownie point	Definitions include: good favor earned from an action.
imaginary Internet point	Definitions include: one unit of approval of something posted to the web.
on point	Definitions include: in compliance with established rules or regulations; avoiding the appearance of duplicity, or "do[ing] what I say, not what I do."
point	Definitions include: a hypodermic needle, or anything similar.
point guard	Definitions include: A desirable, short female.
point of no return	Definitions include: the point at which a plan must be carried out in full.
point Percy at the porcelain	Definitions include: Australian slang for male urinating.
POV	Definitions include: acronym for "point of view."

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