banausic
/bəˈnɔːsɪk
/adjective formal
1Not operating on an elevated level; mundane: serious discussion of scientific problems was regarded as banausic...
- Harry has recently shut down the comments boxes on his post (as has a certain banausic, irrelevant gnat), and one sees why.
- But Hari does an excellent job of ripping the banausic frontmen for archaic prejudice to shreds.
- Of course, the banausic Belichick - at his glibbest - counters: ‘Yeah, everyone complains about my fashion.’
1.1Relating to technical work: his contribution may have been administrative or banausic
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Greek banausikos 'of or for artisans'.
- open-sky
- open slather
- open society
- open someone's eyes
- open something up
- open-source
- open space
- open-spoken
- open stage
- open stance
- open stock
- open subroutine
- open system
- open table
- Open Tech
- open texture
- open-textured
- open-texturedness
- open the batting
- open the door to
- open the (or a) way
- open-throated
- open time
- open to dispute
- open-toe