hands-off
adjective
: characterized by noninterference
a hands-off policy toward the internal affairs of other nations
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Owner Scott Malkin has been hands-off with Lou Lamoriello, but now Malkin needs to choose a new path.
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Scott Powers, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
For things like casseroles, soups, and stews, a handful of crackers on top of the dish can often deliver that enticing crunch, but often, we’re left feeling like these hands-off meals are missing a little something.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
Even as groundwater levels have rapidly declined in farming regions from California’s Central Valley to the High Plains, the federal government has mostly taken a hands-off approach to the chronic depletion of the nation’s aquifers.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The state generally takes a hands-off approach to regulating groundwater pumping and exempts mines from the same long-term sustainability requirements imposed in urban developments, including Tucson.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Scott Powers, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
For things like casseroles, soups, and stews, a handful of crackers on top of the dish can often deliver that enticing crunch, but often, we’re left feeling like these hands-off meals are missing a little something.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024
Even as groundwater levels have rapidly declined in farming regions from California’s Central Valley to the High Plains, the federal government has mostly taken a hands-off approach to the chronic depletion of the nation’s aquifers.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The state generally takes a hands-off approach to regulating groundwater pumping and exempts mines from the same long-term sustainability requirements imposed in urban developments, including Tucson.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Hands-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hands-off. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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