hands-off

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hands-off

adjective more hands-off · most hands-off

alternative Alternative spelling of hands off: not involving or requiring direct control or intervention. The NAO's [National Audit Office's] work highlights the tensions and differences between a government taking centralised control of a strategic project and a government that takes a hands-off approach to let local bodies decide the way forward for their areas.

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@misc{hands_off_2026,
  title = {hands-off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hands-off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}