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high-touch

high-touch adjective: involving human service.

Adjective (1)

high-touch (not comparable)

  1. Involving human service.

Adjective (2)

high-touch (not comparable)

  1. That is subject to a high volume of direct contact by human hands.
    • All high-touch surfaces must be disinfected.

Origin of high-touch

Blend of high-tech + touch. Coined by American business writer John Naisbitt.

high + touch.

Questions about high-touch

What does high-touch mean?
High-touch means involving human service.
What part of speech is high-touch?
High-touch is an adjective.

Words near high-touch in the dictionary

  1. high-time
  2. high-toned
  3. high-top
  4. high-top fade
  5. high-tops
  6. high-touch
  7. high-up
  8. high-value
  9. high-value target
  10. high-velocity
  11. high-vis

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