non-technical

A form of nontechnical — Not technical.

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Meanings

adjectivenon-technical (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of nontechnical.

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

    1941 March, “Notes and News: Underestimating the Enemy's Strength”, in Railway Magazine, page 129
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    So right away, even the simplest definition of capacity presents a non-technical trade off, between headway and journey time, not that that's much of a problem in practice.

    2019 October, William Barter, “West Coast capacity study”, in Modern Railways, page 66

Origin

From non- + technical.

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APA

non-technical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-technical

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“non-technical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-technical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-technical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-technical.

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