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automatable

automatable

6.5
Can be done by machines instead of people
  • adjective
  • /ˈɔːtəmˌeɪtəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : automatizable
  • While jobs in "accommodations and food services" are among the most automatable in the U.S. economy (73%), low wages in that sector tend to slow the process of automation.
  • automatable jobs
  • most automatable

And we were talking about math in a world in which all of math is essentially automatable.

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Examples

  • Much more automatable are the collection of data (64%); processing of data (69%); and predictable physical activities (81%).

    Academic text (2018)
  • By comparison, work in the health care and social assistance sector is just 36% automatable.

    Academic text (2018)
  • As a result, the most automatable jobs may not be the first to disappear.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Least automatable are management and development of people (9%); application of expertise to decision making, planning, and creative tasks (18%); interacting with stakeholders like customers, suppliers, or the public (20%); and unpredictable physical activities (26%).

    Academic text (2018)
  • The process is likely to be faster for software innovations (which are easier and cheaper to implement) than for robots, faster for higher-wage but automatable jobs, and faster in higher-wage countries like the United States.

    Academic text (2018)
  • As a result, the most automatable jobs may not be the first to disappear.

  • By comparison, work in the health care and social assistance sector is just 36% automatable.

  • Low-paying jobs are the most vulnerable, as you'd expect, because they tend to be the most routine, and thus the most automatable, kinds of work.

Synonyms

programmable
vsautomatable
  • Specialized
8 3.8

Can be set to do tasks by a computer or by instructions

can be performed by machines without needing explicit computer instructions

Antonyms

101 3.8

Done by hand rather than by a machine

How Automatable

automated
74 4.0
automatable
  • Specialized
6.5
manual
101 3.8

Surface Forms

automatable positive

Morphology

automatable = automate (transparent) = automate + able

The adjective is a straightforward adjective formation from the verb 'automate' with the productive suffix '-able', meaning 'capable of being automated'.

Etymology

Automatable comes from the prefix auto- meaning 'self' and the familiar word automatic, which means 'working by itself'. So, something automatable can be done by machines or made to run 'by itself' instead of by people.