Robotlike

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having some similarity to a robot.

    "Italian authorities say they are planning to use “sophisticated robotlike equipment” to help rescuers find the bodies of seven people still missing in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise liner."

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine wordnet

Example

More examples

"Italian authorities say they are planning to use “sophisticated robotlike equipment” to help rescuers find the bodies of seven people still missing in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise liner."

Etymology

From robot + -like.

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