Nonergonomic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not ergonomic. not-comparable

    "The wife had been a librarian, and the kitchen was a curated archive of faintly antiquated but classic equipment: oblong Pyrex bakers, a spindly, nonergonomic can opener, an electric hand mixer with all its parts laid out in a pullout drawer, against the shelving paper."

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"The wife had been a librarian, and the kitchen was a curated archive of faintly antiquated but classic equipment: oblong Pyrex bakers, a spindly, nonergonomic can opener, an electric hand mixer with all its parts laid out in a pullout drawer, against the shelving paper."

Etymology

From non- + ergonomic.

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