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unmanned

[ uhn-mand ]
/ ˌʌnˈmænd /
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adjective
without the physical presence of a person or people on board; uncrewed: an unmanned spacecraft.
Falconry. (of a captured hawk) untrained for hunting with a master; unmade.
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Origin of unmanned

First recorded in 1535–45; un-1 + manned
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British Dictionary definitions for unmanned

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
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