Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not crewed.
- adjective Obsolete Not trained. Used of a hawk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not tamed; not yet familiar with man: a term in falconry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak; effeminate.
- adjective (Falconry), obsolete Not tamed; not made familiar with, or subject to, man; -- also used figuratively.
- adjective Not furnished with men.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
operated by aperson or acrew . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unman .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking a crew
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
William J. Astore: Aboard the Imperial Star Ship Ameriprise 2009
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The U.S. does have two types of what they call unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs in its inventory.
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There has been a sharp increase in unmanned missile strikes, with 21 in September alone.
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There has been a sharp increase in unmanned missile strikes in the tribal region, with 21 attacks in September alone.
Militants in Pakistan Kill 2 in Attack on NATO Supply Truck 2010
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There has been a sharp increase in unmanned missile strikes, with 21 in September alone.
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There has been a sharp increase in unmanned missile strikes in the tribal region, with 21 attacks in September alone.
Militants in Pakistan Kill 2 in Attack on NATO Supply Truck 2010
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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? 2008
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The whole debate between manned vs. unmanned is this magical thinking that if it is unmanned the cost will not skyrocket out of control.
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What we need are advances in unmanned drones and missiles to counter these hypothetical advances.
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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 2006
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