pilotless
Americanadjective
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lacking a pilot or needing no pilot.
pilotless aircraft.
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having no pilot light.
a pilotless furnace.
Etymology
Origin of pilotless
Example Sentences
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Flying-taxi maker Joby Aviation also recently tested its own pilotless Cessna for the Air Force over the Pacific Ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
It predicts that the first pilotless flying taxi will take off in 2030.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024
The idea of a pilotless taxi seems scary, but also magical, bringing back some of the wonder that must have held people when human flight was new to the world.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023
Asked about a report in the German outlet Der Spiegel that China was negotiating over the shipment of pilotless attack drones to Russia, Kirby said “I have nothing for you on that.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023
They didn’t get to fly around in private, pilotless helicopters of their own.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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