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uncomputerlike

uncomputerlike adjective: not like a computer; having traits not usually associated with computers, such as self-awareness and emotion.

Adjective

uncomputerlike (comparative more uncomputerlike, superlative most uncomputerlike)

  1. Not like a computer; having traits not usually associated with computers, such as self-awareness and emotion.
    • Hence the equipment and environment were designed to be reliable and quiet, and as uncomputerlike in appearance as possible.1974, Association for Computers, the Humanities, Computers and the Humanities
    • Holly faded into focus on the sleeping quarters' vid-screen. 'Oi,' he said, rather un-computerlike, 'I've just opened the radiation seals to the cargo decks. […]1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

Examples of uncomputerlike in a sentence

  • […] or whether HAL has 'released' the tape to Bowman as a final, uncomputerlike gesture either of goodwill...1994, Michael Bérubé, Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics:
  • And if I didn't know better, I'd swear she just had a very uncomputerlike burst of pure, creative thought!1999, Ian Douglas, Luna Marine:
  • Hsu refutes Kasparov's controversial claim that only human intervention could have allowed Deep Blue to make its decisive, "uncomputerlike" moves.2002, Feng-Hsiung Hsu, Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion:
  • Bias based on overapplication of the computer metaphor to a very uncomputerlike biological system...2004, William Hirstein, Brain Fiction:

Forms of uncomputerlike

comparativemore uncomputerlike
superlativemost uncomputerlike

Origin of uncomputerlike

From un- + computerlike.

Questions about uncomputerlike

What does uncomputerlike mean?
Uncomputerlike means not like a computer; having traits not usually associated with computers, such as self-awareness and emotion.
How do you use uncomputerlike in a sentence?
[…] or whether HAL has 'released' the tape to Bowman as a final, uncomputerlike gesture either of goodwill...
What part of speech is uncomputerlike?
Uncomputerlike is an adjective.

Words near uncomputerlike in the dictionary

  1. uncomputably
  2. uncomputed
  3. uncomputerised
  4. uncomputerizable
  5. uncomputerized
  6. uncomputerlike
  7. uncomraded
  8. uncomradeliness
  9. uncomradely
  10. unconcatenable
  11. unconcatenate

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