non-interactive
Requires no participation
Non-interactive describes systems, processes, or content that don't respond to user input or require participation.
A non-interactive tutorial plays straight through without prompts; a non-interactive script runs without pausing for commands.
The term appears often in computing and design contexts: The installation runs in non-interactive mode.
Stiff and unemotional
- algorithmicFollowing programmed steps
- programmedSet with instructions
- mechanizedPowered by machines
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
self-operating · computerized · preprogrammed · driverless · autopilot · scripted · pre-set · systematic
Observer at an event
- observerOne who perceives events
- bystanderOne who observes nearby
- onlookerPerson who observes
- witnessOne who attests
viewer · reader · listener · audience · watcher · uninvolved · consumption · broadcast
Emotionally distant, disengaged
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- distantFar away or aloof
- remoteDistant or controller
uninvolved · disconnected · reserved · standoffish · antisocial · uncommunicative · introverted · asocial
Cannot be selected
- disabledMade unable to function
- grayed-outVisually marked as inactive
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- lockedFastened with a mechanism
dormant · inert · static · dead · non-functional · unselectable · placeholder · decorative
robotic
Stiff and unemotional
- algorithmicFollowing programmed steps
- programmedSet with instructions
- mechanizedPowered by machines
autonomous · self-operating · computerized · preprogrammed · driverless · autopilot · scripted · pre-set · systematic · cybernetic
spectator
Observer at an event
witness · viewer · reader · listener · audience · watcher · uninvolved · consumption · broadcast · lecture
withdrawn
Emotionally distant, disengaged
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- distantFar away or aloof
remote · uninvolved · disconnected · reserved · standoffish · antisocial · uncommunicative · introverted · asocial · solitary
unclickable
Cannot be selected
- disabledMade unable to function
- grayed-outVisually marked as inactive
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
locked · dormant · inert · static · dead · non-functional · unselectable · placeholder · decorative · informational
non-interactiveinteractive
Allowing mutual exchange
hands-on · participatory · engaging · immersive · collaborative
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Allowing mutual exchange
responsive · dynamic · reactive · real-time · adaptive
interactive, interact, interaction, interactions, interacting, interacted, interactivity, acted, acting