Definitions

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  • adjective Not machinable.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ machinable

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Examples

  • Barry Newman As Mr. Friedman looked on, Mr. Mazurkiewicz pulled an otherwise mailable square envelope from bins of "nonmachinable" mail, set aside to be reviewed by humans after being rejected by machines that couldn't put them into a readable position.

    Design Dilemma 2007

  • Mr. Friedman asked, moving along to the manual-sorting area, where senior clerks were slipping nonmachinable squares into old-time cubbyholes.

    Don't Be a Square 2007

  • May 17: 64-cent Monarch Butterfly stamp to meet nonmachinable letter rate, New York,

    Ventura County Star Stories John Weigle 2010

  • May 17: 64-cent Monarch Butterfly stamp to meet nonmachinable letter rate, New York,

    Ventura County Star Stories John Weigle 2010

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