nonautonomous

adjective

Definition of nonautonomousnext
as in dependent

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Recent Examples of nonautonomous Burnout now consumes American physicians, who are overworked, nonautonomous and adrift without help. — Aaron Rothstein, wsj.com, 3 Apr. 2023 The absence of access for nonautonomous conferences like the American Athletic Conference has also been a point of contention. — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 14 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonautonomous
  1. dependent
  2. unfree
  3. subject
Adjective
  • Court paperwork shows Flowers has been charged with identity theft, access device fraud and financial exploitation of an older or care-dependent person.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Eisenkot has previously expressed opposition to including Ra'am in his coalition, while Netanyahu has warned against any government dependent on Arab parties.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of dependent
Adjective
  • The threat of the prison is that you’re targeted and unfree, packed into a queasy, pressurized intimacy with the most dangerous parts of yourself and others.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Merton did not believe in the cold war’s strident moral opposition between the free and unfree worlds.
    — Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of unfree
Adjective
  • Anthropic in 2023 established the Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT), which is composed of five subject-matter experts who have no financial stake in the company’s stock.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The dignity of such aspirational, agentic citizenship and its contrast with the legalistic, subject citizenship of colonies and empires left its mark on our own state.
    — Trygve Throntveit, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of subject

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