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machinelike

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.

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machinelike

a. Resembling a machine

WordNet
machinelike

adj. like the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency" [syn: automatic, automatonlike, robotlike]

Usage examples of "machinelike".

The voice seemed disembodied, a hoarse, machinelike whisper with a faint echo, but it was unm istakably right there, right in her ear.

The rounded billows of soft flesh digested and processed it, squirming, sucking, and undulating, with loud machinelike churnings and gurglings.