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ba⋅nau⋅sic

  [buh-naw-sik, -zik]
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–adjective
serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical: architecture that was more banausic than inspired.
Origin:
1835–45; < Gk banausikós, equiv. to bánaus(os) artisan + -ikos -ic
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ba·nau·sic   (bə-nô'sĭk, -zĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Merely mechanical; routine: "a sensitive, self-conscious creature . . . in sad revolt against uncongenially banausic employment" (London Magazine).
  2. Of or relating to a mechanic.

[Greek banausikos, from banausos, mechanic.]
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