Not using or involving machines or automatic devices.
‘non-mechanized agricultural operations’
‘And as the photos demonstrate, they now provide non-mechanized transportation routes to school and shopping in some areas of the city.’
‘Tanks versus a primarily non-mechanised army could only lead to one result.’
‘The spiny lobster and sand lobster totalling about 2,600 tonnes are caught annually from the inshore waters by mechanised and non-mechanised units.’
‘We believe that the early results from phase-2 samples may be very encouraging, with high grades and the possible presence of larger gem quality diamonds than have previously been recovered from the earlier non-mechanized sampling.’
‘Unloading cargo at non-mechanised berths is costlier and time-consuming.’
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