NONTECHNICAL Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

nontechnical

adjective

Definition of nontechnical

as in general

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Recent Examples of nontechnical Cowork is a feature that was built primarily for nontechnical users. — Samantha Elkins, NBC news, 7 July 2026 SpaceX’s compensation philosophy historically favored equity over cash salaries, so this windfall extends well beyond executives and engineers to include nontechnical staff, entry-level workers and even cafeteria employees. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 But the real money is currently being spent in the AI coding market, where developers and nontechnical people are using the company’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code to write software and build apps based on text prompts. — Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 11 June 2026 There are numerous opportunities in the play for big visual or sound effects, but Mangan, the designers and the two actors keep things grounded, human and nontechnical. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nontechnical

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Adjective

This somewhat surprised me given the general expense of things these days.

— Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Revenue from licensing of shows and films to streaming platforms has softened amid a general industry downturn over the past few years, while other categories of residuals have continued their longer downward trend.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of general

Adjective

Millett believed that the visual art work, with its power of nonspecific allusion, could touch something deeper than human thought and rationality.

— Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
Normally, the innate immune system’s job is to provide a rapid, nonspecific response to an invading pathogen and to alert other, more specialized immune cells to prepare for battle.

— Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 22 May 2026

Definition of nonspecific

Adjective

Meals are taken family style, and the refinement of the cooking will ruin ordinary Indian restaurant fare for you.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2026
For Neha Bora, a student leader who took part in a hunger strike in New Delhi, the movement showed that ordinary citizens could still hold those in power to account.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of ordinary

Adjective

Svelte white waitresses in generic Asian garb swirled around us.

— Karan Mahajan, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
When manual work is spread across disconnected systems, inconsistent data and unclear ownership, adding a generic AI tool without a clear discovery process rarely produces results.

— Mia Urman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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