unmanned

[uhn-mand]

adjective

1. without the physical presence of a person or people on board; uncrewed.

   an unmanned spacecraft.

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

unmanned

/ ʌnˈmænd /

adjective

1. lacking personnel or crew

   an unmanned ship

2. (of aircraft, spacecraft, etc) operated by automatic or remote control

3. uninhabited

4. falconry (of a hawk or falcon) not yet trained to accept humans

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmanned¹

First recorded in 1535–45; un- ¹ ( def. ) + manned ( def. )

Example Sentences

Instead, officials will focus on a fleet of roughly 280-300 crewed ships, plus large numbers of unmanned vessels—called “robotic and autonomous systems”—to bridge the gap.

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“We were shooting a stunt sequence where there was an unmanned car on a guide wire which was to be T-boned by another car that was driven,” he said.

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But more importantly, the airport's focus on unmanned aerospace research means it is relatively free from safety regulations that would normally tightly restrict testing with drone intruders and interceptors.

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It is also weighing how to confront incursions by unmanned vehicles when the culprit, and their intentions, can’t be determined.

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Assisted by artificial intelligence, this unmanned aerial vehicle can find and attack targets on its own.

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