unmanned
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5.1
- adjective
- /ʌnˈmænd/
- Specialized
- This is the US Navy's new unmanned ship designed to hunt submarines and launch surface weapons.
- unmanned vehicle
- unmanned aerial vehicle
- unmanned aircraft
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Watch on YouTubeAnd 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
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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
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6.0
Having no people on board to operate a ship or plane
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4.4
A group or project that has no leader to give direction
Working without people on board and controlled from far away
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.