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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hands-offadjective

    not involving participation or intervention

    "a hands-off foreign policy"

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  1. hands-offadjective

    Tending not to intervene

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  1. hands-off

    Hands-off refers to a non-interventionist approach or philosophy, characterized by minimal personal involvement or interference. In management, a hands-off approach allows employees to make decisions and solve problems on their own. Similarly, in technology, a hands-off equipment or software operates independently without the need for human control.

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  1. handoffs

  2. hand-offs

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hands-off in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hands-off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of hands-off in a Sentence

  1. Henry Miller:

    Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off

  2. Andrew Ainsworth:

    Ninety-nine percent of all legal advice said forget it. Big money always wins, but we honestly believed that nobody can stop you being the artist that you are. They can't take it away from you. They can't take your hands off so you can't use them anymore. It was that ridiculous to us.

  3. Art Laffer:

    Without China there is no Walmart, and without Walmart there is no prosperity, get the government’s hands off the economy, and you will see the U.S. boom like never before.

  4. Quisha King:

    Parents have spent years battling the government to take their hands off our children, their response, after accusing us of terrorism is to create a council to formally come between parents and children? That's how I see it. I do not trust that Secretary Cardona has suddenly had a change of heart.Parents don’t need the federal government (sic) or local government showing us how to engage on behalf of our children. If anything, the federal government should be instructing school boards and departments of education to honor the oath they took to listen to their constituents.

  5. Jessica Chambers:

    I mean now, in hindsight, I'm like, he was trying to arouse me while talking to me -- under the guise of education, i'm thinking to Jessica Chambers, this is enough -- I want his hands off of me. ... And it went on for -- it seemed like an extended period of time.


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