Non-technical

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of nontechnical. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "It is therefore the more surprising that recent articles in the non-technical press have repeated some of these misleading statements and statistical comparisons."

Synonyms

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untechnical

Example

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"In university, in Canada, I learned two different kinds of English, technical English and non-technical English, from different courses. I learned that the passive voice, as in "The cat was chased by the dog," is unacceptable in non-technical style, but technical writers use it frequently and legitimately. I learned in technical English that one should use demonstrative pronouns like "this" and "that" with a substantive, not by themselves. There were a lot of nuts and bolts."

Etymology

From non- + technical.

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