Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not crewed: an unmanned spacecraft.
- adj. Obsolete Not trained. Used of a hawk.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not tamed; not yet familiar with man: a term in falconry.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak; effeminate.
- adj. (Falconry), obsolete Not tamed; not made familiar with, or subject to, man; -- also used figuratively.
- adj. Not furnished with men.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. lacking a crew
Etymologies
- From un- + manned. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Our spaceship of state still seems remarkably addicted to phasers and photon torpedoes, an addiction we refuse to own up to, even as we send one variety of our own spaceships, which we call unmanned aerial drones, over the tribal lands of Pakistan and Afghanistan armed with Hellfire missiles.”
“The U.S. does have two types of what they call unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs in its inventory.”
“There has been a sharp increase in unmanned missile strikes in the tribal region, with 21 attacks in September alone.”
Voice of America: Militants in Pakistan Kill 2 in Attack on NATO Supply Truck
“There has been a sharp increase in unmanned missile strikes, with 21 in September alone.”
Voice of America: Pakistan Border Crossing Still Shut After US Apology
“The whole debate between manned vs. unmanned is this magical thinking that if it is unmanned the cost will not skyrocket out of control.”
“Here too - in unmanned, underfunded science missions - movie and TV SF with none of the classic SF "sense of wonder" undercuts the pursuit of real science at its most wonderful.”
MIND MELD: Is Science Fiction Responsible for the Lack of Public Interest in Space Exploration?
“What we need are advances in unmanned drones and missiles to counter these hypothetical advances.”
“MIT researchers are using tricked-out model helicopters, each about the size of a seagull, to demonstrate swarming behavior in unmanned micro-air vehicles (drones).”
Boing Boing: September 24, 2006 - September 30, 2006 Archives
“Still, a disproportionate amount of science takes place in unmanned missions for the amount of funding they receive, and sacrificing this science seems misguided at this point.”
“It does seem as though as strange and futuristic sounding as it is long-term unmanned aerial units are going to be the future of air defence.”
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