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Banausic Buh Naw Sik Zik Adjective Mechanical Utilitarian Routine Opposed

The adjective "banausic" describes something as mechanical, utilitarian, or routine, as opposed to inspiring or imaginative.

Adjektivet "banausic" beskriver något som är mekaniskt, utilitaristiskt eller rutinmässigt, i motsats till inspirerande eller fantasifullt.

Back banausic /buh-NAW-sik, -zik/
Front
adjective
Mechanical, utilitarian or routine, as opposed to inspiring or imaginative.

[From Greek banausikos, from banausos (mechanic).]

"It will leave Beagle 2 to its banausic task of probing and burrowing into the surface of the Red Planet in its futile search for microbes and soda water." - Peter Simple; Rogue Elements; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Jun 6, 2003.

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