unguided
Britishadjective
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(of a missile, bomb, etc) not having a flight path controlled either by radio signals or internal preset or self-actuating homing devices
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without a guide
guided and unguided hikes
Example Sentences
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“We have plenty of gravity bombs,” McBeth said, referring to unguided munitions.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026
Park visitors can book both guided and unguided trips between the cabins.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
Most estimates say that Hezbollah has something between 120,000 and 200,000 missiles and rockets, ranging from unguided weapons to longer-range weapons that could hit Israel’s cities.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024
The museum called Bellevue police, who went to the residence and found the rocket was a Douglas AIR-2 Genie, an unguided air-to-air rocket that is designed to carry a 1.5-kiloton W25 nuclear warhead.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
They went in a dream, unguided by owl’s hoot or bat’s squeak, but only kept together by the necessary pace which the sleeping forest imposed upon them.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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