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

Long Beach police have shared new video of a hit-and-run driver who allegedly crashed into two teens on motorized dirt bikes in July, leaving both hospitalized.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
The grill comes with a rotisserie kit that includes a spit, two spikes, and a motorized turner that attaches to the right side of the cooking chamber.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of motorized

Adjective

The combination of concentrated solar technology, thermal storage, and automated controls is intended to allow the plant to operate reliably despite the demanding plateau environment.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Optery offers multiple tiers of data broker management, starting with a free tier that does not include automated removal.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of automated

Adjective

Researchers in Germany are developing textile yarns that can repeatedly shorten and lengthen in response to temperature changes, potentially allowing fabrics to alter their shape without motors or other mechanical components.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Tire debris damaged the aircraft and contributed to multiple mechanical problems.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of mechanical

Adjective

The new safeguards include requiring law enforcement to label every search with a with a criminal case number, and instituting an automatic review for abnormal search activities, which will trigger proactive lockouts for those users.

— Soo Youn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
The Institute for Justice, a nonprofit law firm specializing in civil liberties cases, identified over 100 incidents of automatic license plate reader abuse, including stalking and wrongful stops.

— Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of automatic

Adjective

Officials later blamed the outage on a malicious cyberattack against computerized operating systems.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
After this year’s application period closes, the Hialeah Housing Authority will use a third-party vendor to conduct a computerized lottery, randomly selecting 2,500 applicants to be placed on the waiting list.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of computerized

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