unmanned

[ uhn-mand ]

/ ʌnˈmænd /

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adjective

without the physical presence of people in control: an unmanned spacecraft.

Falconry. (of a captured hawk) untrained for hunting with a master; unmade.

Words nearby unmanned

unmade, unmake, unman, unmanageable, unmanly, unmanned, unmannered, unmannerly, unmarked, unmarried, unmask

Origin of unmanned

First recorded in 1535–45; un-¹ + manned

Definition for unmanned (2 of 2)

unman

[ uhn-man ]

/ ʌnˈmæn /

verb (used with object), un·manned, un·man·ning.

to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of: Constant conflict finally unmanned him.

to deprive of virility; emasculate; castrate.

Origin of unman

First recorded in 1590–1600; un-² + man¹

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Up until this point, Chinese unmanned drones had only been used in surveillance and reconnaissance operations.
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Your drones blew up our unmanned ships as fast as we could send them down to your planet.
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In 1972, the United States launched the first of a group of unmanned satellites collectively known as Landsat.
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Caustic, savage, hard as his own ash staff though he was, he was for the moment paralyzed and unmanned.
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My imprisonment in that awful place will have unmanned me so much that I shall cry to them, Help!
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Here I got a crack on the head with a piece of stone, which unmanned me for a time.
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British Dictionary definitions for unmanned (1 of 2)

unmanned

/ (ʌnˈmænd) /

adjective

lacking personnel or crewan 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

British Dictionary definitions for unmanned (2 of 2)

unman

/ (ʌnˈmæn) /

verb -mans, -manning or -manned (tr)

to cause to lose courage or nerve

to make effeminate

to remove the men from

archaic to deprive of human qualities

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unmanned

adjective

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Origin of unmanned

Definition for unmanned (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), un·manned, un·man·ning.

Origin of unman

Examples from the Web for unmanned

British Dictionary definitions for unmanned (1 of 2)

adjective

British Dictionary definitions for unmanned (2 of 2)

verb -mans, -manning or -manned (tr)