layman

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She was, by a layman’s assessment, a wreck.

From Washington Post

Rudimentary setups can only measure the organism’s galvanic response, or to put that in layman’s terms, “how easily electricity can flow through something,” Kalos explains.

From Los Angeles Times

In layman’s terms, it looks for corruption or fraud in the business world, such as accounting irregularities and bad actors in management.

From Seattle Times

The dead from the air strikes on Thursday also included the pastor of a Baptist church, a Catholic deacon and a church layman, according to the Karen Women’s Organization and the Free Burma Rangers.

From Seattle Times

In layman’s terms, mitigating circumstances are reasons to show a defendant mercy.

From New York Times