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human-free en · ADJ

Etymology

From human + -free.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having no humans.
   • In a humanfree world, crabs would still be pulled apart limb by limb by otters. 2019, “The End All Suffering FAQ”, in OnlyOneSolution.org, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2019:
   • Would dogs survive in a human-free world? 2021, New Scientist, 24 July 2021:
   • Aristophanes’s comic utopia does not lack its share of danger. At a meeting of the bird delegation, Koryphaios, the head fowl, scolds Epops for encouraging human habitation in their pleasant, humanfree home. 1995, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature:
2. (not-comparable, of some task) Not requiring human involvement.
   • […]robots will work in teams to build complex structures using dynamic new materials, while elements of a build will self-assemble. Drones flying overhead will scan the site, inspecting the work and using the data collected to predict and solve problems before they arise, sending instructions to robotic cranes and diggers and automated builders with no need for human involvement. The result is a human-free construction process […] 2019, “Human-Free Construction: How BuildTech's Evolution Impacts Design”, in ArchDaily.com:
   • […]writers and filmmakers have envisioned the dystopian consequences of fulfilling what is, perhaps, the most vivid capitalist fantasy, the automatic factory and human-free work. 1994, Stanley Aronowitz, The Jobless Future: Sci-Tech and the Dogma of Work:

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