pilotless

[ pahy-luht-lis ]

adjective

1. lacking a pilot or needing no pilot:

   pilotless aircraft.

2. having no pilot light:

   a pilotless furnace.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pilotless¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; pilot + -less

Example Sentences

In fact, it’s looking like they may be outpaced by pilotless planes and driverless trucks, with self-driving technology already coming in handy on long-haul trucking routes, as a recent cross-country trip showed.

From Singularity Hub 

The Larry Page-backed startup Kitty Hawk brought a prototype of its pilotless electric flying taxi to the conference.

From Axios

In fact, it’s looking like they may be outpaced by pilotless planes and driverless trucks.

From Singularity Hub 

The pilotless snapper-boat made another slow run, then put on speed and flashed back to the group of boats near the cruiser.

From Project Gutenberg

The encircling attackers well knew the peril of letting any of those pilotless killers get into the air.

From Project Gutenberg