Definition of "robotlike" []

• Having some similarity to a robot. (adjective)

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• "Although this year's applicant pool is by many measures the most highly qualified yet, admissions deans at a dozen top-tier colleges and universities said in interviews last week that they're also seeing a disappointing trend: Too many students are submitting "professionalized" applications rendered all too slick by misguided attempts at perfection, parental meddling and what one admissions dean describes as the robotlike approach teens are taking in presenting themselves."
• "Soviet security men and staff were a little less robotlike when dealing with Henry and other small children than they were in their relations with their parents, who were mostly diplomats or journalists."
• "The jerky, robotlike workers slaving away belowground like zombies twelve hours a day."