uncomputerlike

English

Etymology

un- +‎ computerlike

Adjective

uncomputerlike (comparative more uncomputerlike, superlative most uncomputerlike)

1. Not like a computer; having traits not usually associated with computers, such as self-awareness and emotion.
   • 1974, Association for Computers, the Humanities, Computers and the Humanities:

     Hence the equipment and environment were designed to be reliable and quiet, and as uncomputerlike in appearance as possible.

   • 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers:

     Holly faded into focus on the sleeping quarters' vid-screen. 'Oi,' he said, rather un-computerlike, 'I've just opened the radiation seals to the cargo decks. […]

   • 1994, Michael Bérubé, Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics:

     […] or whether HAL has 'released' the tape to Bowman as a final, uncomputerlike gesture either of goodwill...

   • 1999, Ian Douglas, Luna Marine:

     And if I didn't know better, I'd swear she just had a very uncomputerlike burst of pure, creative thought!

   • 2002, Feng-Hsiung Hsu, Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion:

     Hsu refutes Kasparov's controversial claim that only human intervention could have allowed Deep Blue to make its decisive, "uncomputerlike" moves.

   • 2004, William Hirstein, Brain Fiction:

     Bias based on overapplication of the computer metaphor to a very uncomputerlike biological system...