non-technical
adjective
(alsonontechnical)uk/ˌnɒnˈtek.nɪ.kəl/us/ˌnɑːnˈtek.nɪ.kəl/(of aperson,job) not having orneedingspecialknowledgeabout themachines,methods, etc. used inscienceandindustry:
Sherunsacourseoncomputingfor non-technicalpeople.
Employers are alsolookingforgraduatesfor non-technicalrolessuch asconsultancy,salesandmarketing, and HR.
(oflanguage,information, etc.) notneedingspecialknowledgerelatingto aparticularsubjectorjobtounderstand:
She hadtriedas hard aspossibleto use non-technicallanguagein herreportso that it could bewidelyunderstood.
Although it has a non-technicaltitle, thebookdealswith someadvancedeconomicconcepts.
notinvolvingorrelatingto thespecialknowledge,machines,methods, etc. used inscienceandindustry:
Thereasonsfor thecrashweredeemedto bemostlynon-technical.
It'spossiblethat some non-technicalaspectsofcancertreatment, such ascommunitysupport, make abigdifference.
notrelatingto orinvolvingpracticalskillsandmethodsthat are used in aparticularactivity:
Hefoundthe more non-technicalpartsof thegameabitdull.
Once you havemasteredthebasicskillsof thesport, you need toconcentrateon theequallyimportantnon-technicalside.
- Despite it being ahigh-techcompany, thesalesteammostlyhave non-technicalbackgrounds.
- Theproductis not theeasiestfor those of us who are non-technical to use.
- You must beabletocommunicateclearlyto bothtechnicaland non-technicalaudiences.
- It's anexcellent, non-technicaloverviewof the edtechindustry.
- Hedescribesthephenomenonusingclear, nontechnicalprose.
- Asurgeonalsoneedsnontechnicalskillssuch as goodcommunication.
Subjects & disciplines
- Afrocentrism
- andragogy
- AP
- applicative
- applied
- functional skills
- glaciology
- hard science
- historiography
- home economics
- ontology
- oology
- orientalist
- PE
- pedagogy
- subscience
- suicidology
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- TEFL
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