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adj. - (of people and states) Controlled by outside forces.

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Usage examples (4)
  • Adjective : a subsidiary that functioned as an autonomous unit
  • Even nonautonomous rational agents authorize the motivating power of the desires that move them to act.
  • Conversely, we suggest that BIMEs are in fact a special type of nonautonomous transposable elements, mobilizable by RAYTs.
  • She says, ‘I’m lonely,’ and you’re suggesting that’s a nonautonomous state.
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