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banausic /buh-NAW-sik, -zik/

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adjectiveMechanical, 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.

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.

Banausic Buh Naw Sik Zik Adjective Mechanical Utilitarian Routine Opposed