non-automatic

4.9

Needing a person to operate it by hand

adjective
/nɑn-əˈtɑːmətɪk/

: no automático

Many older cars have a non-automatic transmission that requires the driver to shift gears manually.

Examples

He prefers non-automatic coffee makers because he enjoys controlling the brewing process himself.
The security door uses a non-automatic locking system that must be engaged by hand.
The machine is non-automatic.
I prefer non-automatic systems for better control.
He prefers non-automatic coffee makers because he enjoys controlling the brewing process himself.
Many older cars have a non-automatic transmission that requires the driver to shift gears manually.
The security door uses a non-automatic locking system that must be engaged by hand.

Synonyms

manual

vsnon-automatic

101 3.8

Done by hand rather than by a machine

is focused on devices or processes needing human operation rather than general physical work

hand-operated

vsnon-automatic

1 3.7

You control it by hand rather than by electricity

is about manual operation or intervention not necessarily by direct physical force

non-automated

vsnon-automatic

4.9

Done by people instead of machines

is focused on human intervention rather than ongoing supervision

Antonyms

automatic

195 3.4

Works by itself with little or no human control

How Automatic

self-acting

Specialized

6.7

automatic

195 3.4

semiautomatic

23 5.5

non-automatic

4.9

manual

101 3.8

Surface Forms

non-automatic positive

non-automaticer comparative

non-automaticest superlative

Morphology

non-automatic = automatic (transparent) = non + automatic

Formed by the productive negation prefix 'non-' plus the adjective 'automatic', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not automatic'.

Etymology

The word non-automatic is made of non- meaning 'not' and automatic meaning 'works by itself', with auto- meaning 'self' as in autopilot. So a non-automatic machine does not work on its own and must be operated 'by hand'.