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non-automated

non-automated

4.9
Done by people instead of machines
  • adjective
  • /nɑnˈɔːtəˌmeɪtɪd/
translation icon : no automatizado
  • The factory still uses a non-automated assembly line that relies on skilled workers.

Examples

  • A non-automated process can be slower but allows for more flexibility and customization.

  • Many small businesses prefer non-automated bookkeeping methods for greater control.

  • This factory uses non-automated processes.

  • The non-automated system requires more workers.

  • The factory still uses a non-automated assembly line that relies on skilled workers.

  • Many small businesses prefer non-automated bookkeeping methods for greater control.

  • A non-automated process can be slower but allows for more flexibility and customization.

Synonyms

manual
vsnon-automated
101 3.8

Done by hand rather than by a machine

focuses on needing human control or supervision rather than physical effort
non-automatic
vsnon-automated
4.9

Needing a person to operate it by hand

is the same meaning but uses a different word form

Antonyms

automated
74 4.0

Machines or computers run a system instead of people

mechanized
  • Specialized
5 4.2

Machines do the work instead of people, for example in factories or farms

How Automated

automated
74 4.0
semi-automated
  • Specialized
4.1
non-automated
4.9
manual
101 3.8

Surface Forms

non-automated positive
non-automateder comparative
non-automatedest superlative

Morphology

non-automated = automated (transparent) = non + automate + ed

The productive negating prefix 'non-' is added to the adjective 'automated' to give the straightforward meaning 'not automated'.

Etymology

Non-automated starts with non- meaning 'not' and ends with automated, which comes from auto- meaning 'self', as in automatic. So a non-automated process is 'not run by itself' and needs a person to do or watch it.