uncomputerlike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not like a computer; having traits not usually associated with computers, such as self-awareness and emotion.
Example Sentences
- "Hence the equipment and environment were designed to be reliable and quiet, and as uncomputerlike in appearance as possible."
- "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. […]"
- "[…] or whether HAL has 'released' the tape to Bowman as a final, uncomputerlike gesture either of goodwill..."
- "And if I didn't know better, I'd swear she just had a very uncomputerlike burst of pure, creative thought!"
- "Hsu refutes Kasparov's controversial claim that only human intervention could have allowed Deep Blue to make its decisive, "uncomputerlike" moves."
- "Bias based on overapplication of the computer metaphor to a very uncomputerlike biological system..."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English computerlike English uncomputerlike From un- + computerlike.
Inflected Forms
more uncomputerlike (comparative)
most uncomputerlike (superlative)