NONTECHNICAL Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

nontechnical

adjective

Definition of nontechnical

as in general

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Recent Examples of nontechnical When leaders build publicly and nontechnical peers demo useful solutions, the definition of who builds begins to expand. — Will Drover, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for nontechnical

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Kyle Gardner, who has served as Wild Child’s general manager for more than a year and took over as Drastic Measures’ general manager following the staff exodus, said Sanders has not worked at the bars or been around for service since the party.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
De facto general manager Duke Tobin defended his belief in them after the draft.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of general

Adjective

His wife is an eternally supportive angel whose sole desire is to see Tenzing happy, their children are much the same, and the relationships between all of them are perfectly happy and perfectly nonspecific.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of nonspecific

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This distinction becomes especially important for executives, entrepreneurs and other high-performing professionals whose financial situations may contain variables that generalized advice does not adequately address.

— Dr. Melissa Weathersby, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Jean Leray showed in 1934 that generalized solutions exist, but mathematicians never established whether smooth solutions must remain smooth.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of generalized

Adjective

McCuin has only good speed and ordinary size, but his route savvy, ball skills and competitive toughness separate him on tape.

— Dane Brugler, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Europol does not keep statistics on nihilistic violent extremism because definitions of it differ and acts can fall into the category of ordinary criminality as well as terrorism.

— Lorne Cook, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of ordinary

Adjective

Customers no longer receive generic, irritating blasts, instead experiencing highly contextual, proactive and genuinely helpful brand interactions that adapt to their real-time needs.

— Pratik Bhadra, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Also at play are generic and biosimilar products that have come onto the market, offering competition that drives down the prices of expensive brand-name and biologic drugs.

— Melissa Goldin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

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