unmanned
unmanned
Definition
un·manned (-mand′)
adjective
- not manned
- ☆ without people aboard and operating by automatic or remote control, as a pilotless aircraft or spacecraft
unmanned
Usage Examples
Preposition: during
- operation: The Roco automatic storage facility has a capacity of 3000 pallets and is unmanned during normal operation.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- leave: All the pieces running a single racket are machine-gunned to death leaving the racket unmanned.
Modifies a noun
- drone: Iraqi gunners have shot down unmanned Predator spy drones.
- spacecraft: It must be pretty lonely being an unmanned spacecraft.
- vehicle: This would have meant you would only need two unmanned vehicles launched every two years instead of three.
- aircraft: Iraq posses the capacity to use unmanned aircraft to attack the US.
- crossing: It beggars belief that such dangerous materials are trundling along our railways, passing through unmanned level crossings.
- submarine: This is a small unmanned submarine which is launched from the stern of the ship.
Modifying Another Word
- normally: Calder will operate using a normally unmanned platform which can be accessed by maintenance crews via helicopter.
- now: The level crossings are now unmanned, operated by train crews, and all the surplus track removed.
- effectively: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are effectively unmanned planes, which are used in battle to take aerial photos and drop bombs on targets.
- generally: AS24 is the brand name used by Total on its, generally unmanned, dedicated fueling points for commercial vehicles.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near unmanned
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- unmake
- unmade
- unlucky
- unlovely
- unloved
- unloose
- unlooked-for
- unmannerly
- unmarried
- unmask
- unmeaning
- unmeet
- unmelodious
- unmentionable
- unmentionables
- unmerciful
- unmindful
