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machine-like

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

Syn: automatic, automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike.

Usage examples of "machine-like".

With slow, machine-like precision, the heavy metal intruder swiveled his head to stare into the darkness between the light fixtures where Kham and his runners were crouched.

About him sounded the discordant, machine-like mating cries of creatures trying to serve life in the midst of death and the horrible noises of those who met death and were devoured in the dark.