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driverless

driverless

4.4
A group or project that has no leader to give direction
  • adjective
  • /ˈdraɪvərləs/
translation icon : sin conductor
  • We're driverless, Frewin.

Examples

  • And when you say driverless, it means no driver.

  • They're not really driverless, they're just pre driven.

  • I think that with all technology, whether it's the Silk Road, Twitter, Facebook, driverless cars, you name it, with all technology there is a good side and a bad.

  • And in Florida, Florida senator says we shouldn't need a permit for driverless cars.

  • Now Cruise just had a very embarrassing failure revealing that they use more drivers for their driverless cars than Uber uses per car.

  • Whether it's driverless cars, VRAR, telemedicine, mobile computing, IoT, they all will have different requirements as opposed.

  • The city plans to implement a driverless bus service to improve public transportation.

  • Experts predict that driverless vehicles will significantly reduce accidents caused by human error.

  • The introduction of driverless cars could change how we think about personal mobility.

Synonyms

unmanned
vsdriverless
  • Specialized
39 5.1

Operates without a person on board

focuses on lacking a single person who directs or controls movement
leaderless
vsdriverless
7 5.1

Without a person in charge of a group or team

focuses on missing a controller for movement rather than an organizational head
pilotless
vsdriverless
  • Specialized
2 6.5

A vehicle with no person on board to control it, like a plane or spaceship

applies to absence of a specific person who gives direction in vehicles
riderless
vsdriverless
1 4.6

An animal or vehicle that has no person on it

refers to absence of a single person who gives direction or control
manless
vsdriverless
  • Specialized
6.1

Working without people on board and controlled from far away

is about missing one person who directs or guides actions
conductorless
vsdriverless
7.5

Without a leader, as in an orchestra or an automatic train

means lacking a person who provides direction or operational control

Surface Forms

driverless positive

Morphology

driverless = driver (semi-transparent) = driver + less

The formation driver + -less straightforwardly yields 'without a driver' and is a regular derivation.

Etymology

Driverless comes from driver (from drive, 'to push or lead') and the part -less meaning 'without'. So, when a team or company is driverless, it has no person to push or lead it and can lose direction.