unmanned
pronunciation
How to pronounce unmanned in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈmænd]
How to pronounce unmanned in American English:
US [ʌnˈmænd]
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- Adjective:
- lacking a crew
Word Origin
- unmanned (adj.)
- "not furnished with a crew," 1540s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of man (v).
Example
- 1. 2007 : First unmanned lunar probe is launched .
- 2. Crucially , the invite mentions air travel rather than an unmanned project .
- 3. Project icarus is an ambitious five-year study into launching an unmanned spacecraft to an interstellar destination .
- 4. Japan has similar ambitions , and launched its first unmanned spacecraft to the iss in september .
- 5. Later this year a first unmanned docking mission is scheduled , followed by two manned docking exercises next year .