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HANDS-OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hands-off mean?
• HANDS-OFF (adjective)
The adjective HANDS-OFF has 1 sense:
1. not involving participation or intervention
Familiarity information: HANDS-OFF used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not involving participation or intervention
Context example:
a hands-off foreign policy
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Context examples
The system is integrated into a pathologist's microscope so that the cells are microdissected, transferred to the cap, and then rotated into a vial by a rotating arm in a hands-off operation. (from Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP) Update)
(Laser Capture Microdissection, NCI Thesaurus)
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