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How do you say that a person does not pay attention to ergonomics (like at a computer) in a concise way? Options I've come up with include:

  • He does not use ergonomics.

  • He does not follow ergonomics.

  • He is not ergonomic.

Any better ideas?

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He is not ergonomically-correct. – JeffSahol Nov 18 '11 at 12:50
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Ergonomics is actually a pretty specific field of science. I would assume someone who "follows ergonomics" keeps abreast with the important journal articles and that someone who "is ergonomic" has, perhaps, a very comfortable lap. I'd say JeffSahol's answer - "he is ignorant of ergonomics" is correct. – silves89 Nov 18 '11 at 13:24
Is there something special about ergonomics here? This how question could be worded replacing 'ergonomics' with 'X'.. – Mitch Nov 18 '11 at 13:26
"The laminectomy in operating room 3"? – JeffSahol Nov 18 '11 at 13:34
That is, are you looking for a generic grammatical negatives like 'non-X' or 'not Xic' or are you looking for an antonym specifically of ergonomic, like maybe clusy or inefficient or energy-wasteful or etc? – Mitch Nov 18 '11 at 15:14
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He is ignorant of ergonomics.

or, if he's aware of the issue but chooses to ignore it:

He ignores ergonomics.

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