The meaning of Mechanical

adjective

(of a device or process) working by itself with little or no direct human control.

Usage examples:

An automatic kettle that switches itself off when it boils

noun

A gun that continues firing until the ammunition is exhausted or the pressure on the trigger is released.

Usage examples:

The rapid fire of automatics

adjective

Done constantly or as a habit.

Usage examples:

His habitual use of heroin

adjective

Usual or repeated

Usage examples:

Longer prison sentences will help keep habitual criminals off the streets., she was habitually late.

adjective

Not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings.

Usage examples:

The impersonal power of a government

adjective

Lacking or not showing any interest or feeling

Usage examples:

The congressman gave a short, impersonal speech and left soon afterward.

adjective

Not paying attention to something.

Usage examples:

A particularly dull and inattentive pupil

adjective

Not listening to what is being said or giving your attention to what is happening

Usage examples:

Barbara has been inattentive in class lately.

adjective

Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric.

Usage examples:

The inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners

adjective

Extremely cruel; lacking in or not influenced by human feeling

Usage examples:

In those days war movies always portrayed the enemy as fanatical, even inhuman.

adjective

Relating to or prompted by instinct; done without conscious thought.

Usage examples:

An instinctive distaste for conflict

Unthinking

adjective

(of behavior or actions) not thought about, planned, or learned

Usage examples:

My instinctive reaction was to walk away to avoid an argument., she instinctively understood how i …

adjective

Done without will or conscious control.

Usage examples:

She gave an involuntary shudder

adjective

Not done willingly, or not done intentionally

Usage examples:

A sharp tap beneath the knee usually causes an involuntary movement of the lower leg., the driver o…

adjective

Not done by choice, or not done as a result of someone's decision or intention

Usage examples:

Involuntary unemployment means that you suffer a total loss of salary as the result of the loss of …

adjective

Dead or apparently dead.

Usage examples:

His lifeless body was taken from the river

adjective

Dead or appearing to be dead

Usage examples:

A lifeless body, fig. the performance was boring and lifeless (= lacking interest or energy).

adjective

Not showing feelings or emotion, esp. in a situation when emotion would be expected

Usage examples:

He spoke in a very matter-of-fact way about the accident., she announced the news matter-of-factly.

noun

A sequence of actions regularly followed.

Usage examples:

I settled down into a routine of work and sleep

adjective

Performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.

Usage examples:

The ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill

verb

Organize according to a routine.

Usage examples:

All had been routined with smoothness

adjective

(especially of a place) lacking character and individuality.

Usage examples:

She found the apartment beautiful but soulless

adjective

Showing no human influence or qualities

Usage examples:

A soulless building of grey concrete

adjective

Not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment.

Usage examples:

The boy was beaten unconscious

noun

The part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behaviour and emotions.

Usage examples:

Horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious

Lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception

adjective

Not having or showing strong feelings.

Usage examples:

A flat, unemotional voice

adjective

Not having or expressing strong feelings, often when this is surprising or a bad thing

Usage examples:

Investigators said the couple seemed oddly unemotional about the disappearance., they described him…

adjective

Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous.

Usage examples:

My mother is a cold, unfeeling woman

adjective

Not feeling sympathy for other people’s suffering

Usage examples:

An unfeeling man

adjective

Lacking in imagination or originality.

Usage examples:

He writes repetitive and uninspired poetry

adjective

Not exciting or interesting

Usage examples:

An uninspired performance

adjective

Expressed, done, or acting without proper consideration of the consequences.

Usage examples:

She was at pains to correct unthinking prejudices

adjective

Not based on serious thought or an examination of the information

Usage examples:

What annoys me about these people is their unthinking hostility to anything foreign or unfamiliar.