unmanned
without the physical presence of a person or people on board; uncrewed: an unmanned spacecraft.
Falconry. (of a captured hawk) untrained for hunting with a master; unmade.
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How to use unmanned in a sentence
Imagine an unmanned aircraft that is able to launch its own air-to-air weapon.
DARPA’s new combat drones could catch a ride from other aircraft | Rob Verger | February 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMeanwhile, Facebook had worked on its own airborne connection system, in which unmanned aircraft would deliver internet signals to people down below.
Some countries are going a step further — China last year unveiled an unmanned warship.
The potential emergency of unmanned polling places has not come to pass.
The 2020 election could permanently change how America votes | Bobbie Johnson | October 20, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewDelivery platform Meituan Dianping announced its first unmanned, artificial-intelligence powered brick-and-mortar outlet this month.
China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba is expanding its brick-and-mortar empire | Grady McGregor | October 19, 2020 | Fortune
Think advanced unmanned vehicles, all-aspect, broadband stealth, and undersea warfare.
The Pentagon May Finally Have a Plan to Keep America on Top | Bill Sweetman | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn unmanned rocket intended to deliver supplies to the International Space Station exploded on Tuesday.
Harry Potter Raps, The Catcalls Heard ‘Round the World and More Viral Videos | Alex Chancey | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTurkey is now allowing the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft to fly over Syria.
Exclusive: Turkey OK’s American Drones to Fight ISIS | Eli Lake, Josh Rogin | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIsrael leads the unmanned air vehicle business, despite billions in Pentagon funding for U.S. industry.
Why the World’s Armies Don’t Want U.S. Tech Anymore | Bill Sweetman | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTManned, unmanned, a balloon, a kite—you still have to get the information into the hands of the firefighters.
Fighting Wildfire With Satellites, Lasers, and Drones | Elizabeth Lopatto | July 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt a game of life like this men are either unmanned, or they grow the stronger, or they give themselves to evil.
Juana | Honore de BalzacThe vacancy thus suddenly opened in my life unmanned me like a physical void.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonHer voice, its sweet tones breaking a little at the last, unmanned me.
The Rose of Old St. Louis | Mary DillonThey had destroyed the few unmanned ones that had been put up.
The Planet Strappers | Raymond Zinke GallunThe eyes alone would have unmanned him—under the tears he broke down utterly, and so was left without a shadow of control.
Theo | Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
British Dictionary definitions for unmanned
/ (ʌnˈmænd) /
lacking personnel or crew: an unmanned ship
(of aircraft, spacecraft, etc) operated by automatic or remote control
uninhabited
falconry (of a hawk or falcon) not yet trained to accept humans
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