hands-off
Example Sentences
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McCullum and Key took a more hands-off approach to the England team which critics felt led to an overly relaxed environment.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
It also introduced an optional subscription package called Autonomy+ for driver-assistance features, such as hands-off driving.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
“Absent such pressure, Beijing has little reason to recalibrate its hands-off approach,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
It calls for the sustainability of public finances to be restored, adding efforts previously taken to control such finances by the Treasury were "limited and hands-off".
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
By the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, landlords in central and Southern China had an almost completely hands-off relationship with their tenants: they would collect a fixed rent and let farmers go about their business.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
