"pain point" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pain points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pain point (plural pain points)
  1. (business, finance) A difficult or challenging aspect of something. Categories (topical): Business, Finance Translations (difficult aspect): 痛點 (Chinese Mandarin), 痛点 (tòngdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), kipukohta (Finnish), kipupiste (Finnish), irritant [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-pain_point-en-noun-L3Q7b50D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: business, finance

Inflected forms

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