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[syn: nontechnical, untechnical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nontechnical \nontechnical\ adj.
1. not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and
sciences; as, nontechnical aspects of the job;
nontechnical training. Opposite of technical.
Syn: untechnical.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. comprehensible to the general public; not requiring
specialized training to be understood; as, written for the
popular press in plain nontechnical language.
Syn: lay, plain, popular, unspecialized, untechnical.
[WordNet 1.5] nontelescopic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nontechnical
adj 1: not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and
sciences; "nontechnical aspects of the job";
"nontechnical training"; "an untechnical reader"; "in
clear effective nontechnical language" [syn:
nontechnical, untechnical] [ant: technical]