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- [hand awf, of]
- /hænd ɔf, ɒf/
- /hænd ɒf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hand awf, of]
- /hænd ɔf, ɒf/
Definitions of hands-off word
- adjective hands-off characterized by nonintervention or noninterference: the new hands-off foreign policy. 1
- adjective hands-off remote or unfriendly; estranging: a truculent, hands-off manner toward strangers. 1
- adjective hands-off person: not interfering 1
- adjective hands-off approach: not intervening 1
- adjective hands-off A hands-off policy or approach to something consists of not being personally or directly involved in it. 0
- noun hands-off do not touch or interfere 0
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Origin of hands-off
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hands-off
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hands-off popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for hands-off
adj hands-off
- accommodating — If you describe someone as accommodating, you like the fact that they are willing to do things in order to please you or help you.
- indulgent — characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive: an indulgent parent.
- lenient — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- permissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
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