nontechnical
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Formerly the New York Times’s chief classical-music critic and the author of several books on classical music, Mr. Tommasini writes in a nontechnical manner, occasionally sharing information about himself in the process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
SpaceX’s compensation philosophy historically favored equity over cash salaries, so this windfall extends well beyond executives and engineers to include nontechnical staff, entry-level workers and even cafeteria employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Even the nontechnical departments are using agents to handle multistep tasks across applications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Additionally, the AI push has allowed more nontechnical employees to identify bugs and request coding fixes.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
Appreciating the treelike nature of a text can also help you understand one of the few devices available in nontechnical prose to visually mark the structure of discourse: the paragraph break.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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