unmechanicadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnmᵻˈkanɪk/, U.S. /ˌənməˈkænɪk/ Now rare.
Not mechanic; unmechanical.
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the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > proceeding from free will
selflyOE
self-willOE
willesOE
needlessc1225
wilninga1250
wilfulc1374
voluntaryc1449
spontany1532
voluntarious1532
spontaneal1602
voluntaire1615
self-willing1625
ultroneous1637
unimposed1642
elective1643
spontaneous1656
contingent1660
unmechanic1709
volitient1844
unmechanical1865
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [adjective] > science or knowledge of > belonging to subject matter of mechanics > not
unmechanical1674
unmechanic1709
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > untalented > mechanically or technically
unmechanical1674
unmechanic1789
untechnicala1832
1709 J. Reynolds Death's Vision vii. 20 Magnetic Virtues..Which Unmechanic seem'd and sprung from Laws Of some strange Forreign System.
1789 H. Walpole Let. 4 Nov. (1906) IX. 231 My head is as un-mechanic as it is..un-metaphysic, un-commercial.
1841 Anecdotiana 361 The Spanish Regent appears to have been superior in..nice management, to the English Protector; the latter..wielded rougher and more visible unmechanic tools.
2001 Re: Darwinism and Nazism faq: Draft in talk.origins (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Mar. Can you see a difference between the mechanism of reproduction, and unmechanic things like courage, love and honour?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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