unmanned
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5.1
- adjective
- /ʌnˈmænd/
- Specialized
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no tripulado
- This is the US Navy's new unmanned ship designed to hunt submarines and launch surface weapons.
- unmanned vehicle
- unmanned aerial vehicle
- unmanned aircraft
And they were like, well, this, this, this big white balloon, it was unmanned.
- And they were like, well, this, this, this big white balloon, it was unmanned.
- One US general said the number one manning problem in our Air Force is manning our unmanned platforms.
- Trade is the key idea in ideas and techniques communed by ansible, in goods and artifacts sent by manned or unmanned ships.
- I don't even know what it is, but but the drone is probably just you know, like because it's unmanned and that pissed the Russians off.
- So it's like manned unmanned teaming enters that picture.
Examples
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Any decision to integrate unmanned aerial vehicles into national airspace will lie with the FAA.
Academic text (2003) -
On 20 April 1967, the unmanned spacecraft Surveyor 3 landed on the surface of the Moon.
Academic text (2000) -
But to be completely honest, at this point, we are not allowed to use unmanned aircraft.
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And here are some small unmanned space vehicles coming down from the top of the Royal Institution.
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Did you say that was an unmanned drone?
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For the second time in two weeks, the U.S. has lost an unmanned supply plane over Iraq.
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Also, have there been any unmanned missions to collect more samples?
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The military was the initial customer for unmanned aerial vehicles, beginning with target drones in the early 1900s.
Academic text (2011) -
Vehicles being planned at the Air Force Research Laboratory include unmanned planes for surveillance and reconnaissance.
Academic text (2003) -
The military recently deployed an unmanned aerial vehicle for reconnaissance missions.
Synonyms
74
4.0
Machines or computers run a system instead of people
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6.5
A vehicle with no person on board to control it, like a plane or spaceship
Having no people on board to operate a ship or plane
Working without people on board and controlled from far away
A group or project that has no leader to give direction
Antonyms
How Manned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unmanned is made from un- 'not' and man 'person', so it means 'not with a person'. Today we use it for vehicles or devices, like drones or space probes, that work without anyone on board.