contactless
adjective
con·tact·less
ˈkän-ˌtakt-ləs 
: not involving contact: such as
a
: not requiring touching or interaction between people
contactless meal delivery
… many retailers and restaurants have rolled out home delivery along with contactless options, leaving food orders and grocery deliveries on door steps.—
Dawson White
Dawson White
b
: relating to or being a technological system (as for making payments) where information is transmitted over short distances (as by near field communication) without physical contact
… hold your phone in front of the contactless payment scanner to authorize the purchase.—Robert Patrick
Robert PatrickContactless payment cards are not in wide circulation. Instead, consumers are increasingly making electronic payments with their cellular phones …—Chad Bray and Reuben Kyama
Chad Bray and Reuben KyamaExamples of contactless in a Sentence
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In addition, tap and pay and host card emulation (HCE) enhance secure, contactless payments.
—Bindesh Pandey, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
But the use of those kinds of digital payment technologies has accelerated over the past decade, driven in part by the desire for contactless payment options during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Nerdwallet, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2025
The contactless sleep-tracking solution WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)?
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
Free buses from the airport to its on-site hotels came to an end along with contactless room keys which came in the form of wristbands.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Bindesh Pandey, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
But the use of those kinds of digital payment technologies has accelerated over the past decade, driven in part by the desire for contactless payment options during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Nerdwallet, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2025
The contactless sleep-tracking solution WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)?
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
Free buses from the airport to its on-site hotels came to an end along with contactless room keys which came in the form of wristbands.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Contactless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contactless. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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