nonmechanical

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adjective

Not mechanical.

Similar
nonmechanisticunmechanizedunmechanisedunmechanicalmaladroit
Opposite
mechanical
OriginEnglish mechanical ← Middle English mechanical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

adjectivenonmechanical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot mechanical.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot mechanical

Similar
nonmechanisticunmechanizedunmechanised
Opposite
mechanical

adjective(of a person) lacking mechanical skills

Similar
unmechanicalmaladroit
Also see
maladroitnonmechanisticunmechanicalunmechanized

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  15. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  16. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  17. Latinmēchanicus
  18. Old Frenchmecanique
  19. Middle Englishmechanic
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  22. Middle Englishmechanical
  23. Englishmechanical
  24. Englishnonmechanical

From non- + mechanical.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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