command
verb (used with object)
to direct with specific authority or prerogative; order.
uncommanded
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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
“Repetitive and uncommanded airplane-nose-down inputs” from a new flight control system on the MAX, triggered by a single faulty sensor, put the airplane in an “unrecoverable” dive, the Ethiopian report, released Dec. 23, concludes.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
He denies that, saying the car's side mirrors began folding in and out uncommanded just before the car accelerated on its own.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2022
The Red Douglas, pot-bellied Kuma, having perhaps heard word of the debauch, remained upon his fief; his vassals thus came uncommanded to the feast, and swelled the following of Karaiti.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
