nontechnical
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
Additionally, the AI push has allowed more nontechnical employees to identify bugs and request coding fixes.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
The social-media company let go of its chief marketing officer and more than 20 staffers in nontechnical roles that were seen as duplicative.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
But he loves the reference anyway, often using it in talks for both technical and nontechnical audiences.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
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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