pain point

noun

plural pain points

: a persistent or recurring problem (as with a product or service) that frequently inconveniences or annoys customers

When you're in an established market, you have an established customer; their needs and pain points are clearly laid out on your competitors' review sites.—

Billy Polson

Customer service, which has been a pain point of bigger banks for years, is also improving in that it's getting faster and requires little from you.—

Chris Welch

broadly : something that is a recurring source of trouble, annoyance, or distress

Meanwhile, ironing is a pain point with her boyfriend because she loves the look of a crisply pressed men's shirt. "He never irons his shirts and it drives me crazy," she [Elyse Moody] says. —

Jura Konicus

Examples of pain point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Because remember, everybody who comes to buy technology is trying to solve a pain point today. —

Megan Poinski, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 Serving on the board would enable me to address and alleviate these pain points. —

Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 Tix Africa simplifies everything from purchasing tickets to getting people through the doors quickly, solving a major pain point in the events industry. —

Melissa Noel, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024 Manufacturing’s main pain points are sluggish demand and elevated interest rates, according to recent manufacturing surveys by the Institute for Supply Management and S&P Global. —

Bryan Mena, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pain point

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