NONMANUAL Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

nonmanual

adjective

Definition of nonmanual

as in motorized

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Recent Examples of nonmanual The notion that businesses should care about happiness arose with the increase of nonmanual jobs, said Alex Edmans, a finance professor at London Business School. — New York Times, 16 May 2022

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Adjective

Boothbay, Maine Three Flags, a 2021 contemporary shingle-style home on Midcoast Maine’s Linekin Bay, has a waterfront porch for dining and lounging, with a wood-burning fireplace and motorized screens.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
This starter level includes a purely mechanical, non-motorized kick-scooter framework with no battery or motor.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of motorized

Adjective

Under automated generation, this debt can experience exponential growth as each new AI prompt builds upon the errors of previous iterations.

— Ihor Hamal, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
That feedback could allow automated equipment to adjust later processing steps using measurements from the fabrication process itself.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of automated

Adjective

Counter identified the auditorium’s main air-supply fan as original equipment dating to 1937, and described mechanical and electrical systems that have been added onto and modified repeatedly over the decades.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
NordSpace had planned to launch its own Taiga rocket from the Atlantic Spaceport Launch Complex in August 2025, but the test was aborted due to mechanical issues.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of mechanical

Adjective

Teoscar Hernández led off the 10th with a single off Jimmy Herget (0-5) and Freddie Freeman's sacrifice fly scored automatic runner Andy Pages.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Beating at the core of the new models is the automatic Calibre 37-24, which offers up a flyback function that lets the wearer stop, reset, and restart the timepiece with just a press of the pusher.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of automatic

Adjective

Under Goldstein, Maryland was the first state to move to a computerized tax collection and processing system, according to the Maryland State Archives.

— Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
Officials later blamed the outage on a malicious cyberattack against computerized operating systems.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of computerized

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