Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

machine-like

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

Syllables
ma-chine--like
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

behaving in an unthinking manner, like the functioning of a machine; as, machine-like fools .

Questions

What does machine-like mean?
behaving in an unthinking manner, like the functioning of a machine; as, machine-like fools .

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