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

Instead of relying on a motorized mount to track the sky, its CMOS sensor physically rotates to cancel that rotation out, right at the image plane.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026
Despite the challenges presented by motorized transport, the early Teamsters did not fight the innovation.

— Mark Dalton, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of motorized

Adjective

Massive infrastructure investments are also going toward increasing cloud capacity and AI compute power to handle real-time visibility, demand sensing and automated routing.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
The system monitors equipment conditions, identifies abnormalities, and can initiate automated responses.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of automated

Adjective

No mechanical failure, operational error, or other contributing factor has been identified.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Yao also thinks that there may be more promising sources of energy to harvest from than mechanical motion, which requires implantation in parts of the body where motion is constant.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of mechanical

Adjective

Non-metallic shells insulate metallic components, conductive feet provide grounding, and automatic cutoffs monitor temperature.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office charged Hernandez Santana, 65, with firing a gun into an inhabited building, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and firing a gun in a grossly negligent manner.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of automatic

Adjective

The picture painted from the interview subjects, who occasionally draw sketches of weapons-screen interfaces on notepads, is of a computerized tracking-and-killing apparatus, culled from the surveillance Israel keeps of nearly every phone in Gaza.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Samsung has also thrown its considerable weight behind computerized rings, and a growing pack of competitors is filling in the territory between them.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

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