uncommanded
- a word derived from command.
Example Sentences
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It added: “This condition, if not corrected, could lead in the worst-case scenario to an uncommanded elevator movement that may result in exceeding the aircraft’s structural capability.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025
The Foundation for Aviation Safety claimed the aircraft, which went down in Ethiopia in 2019, had suffered a number of issues, including an "uncommanded roll" at low altitude.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024
It blamed the accident on "uncommanded" inputs from Boeing's Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System, known as MCAS.
From Reuters • Dec. 28, 2022
She cited “repetitive uncommanded aircraft nose-down conditions,” and called on Boeing to review “flight controllability” issues affecting the plane.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2019
Where, however, contact is not certain, the invasion over an uncommanded sea may succeed by evasion of the defender's battle-fleet, as it did in the case of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt.
From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)
