- lacking personnel or crew: an unmanned ship
- (of aircraft, spacecraft, etc) operated by automatic or remote control
- uninhabited
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un•manned /ʌnˈmænd/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Aerospacewithout the physical presence of people in control:an unmanned spacecraft.
un•manned
(un mand′),USA pronunciation adj.
- Aerospacewithout the physical presence of people in control:an unmanned spacecraft.
- Sport[Falconry.](of a captured hawk) untrained for hunting with a master;
unmade.
- un-1 + manned 1535–45
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unmanned /ʌnˈmænd/ adj
un•man
(un man′),USA pronunciation v.t., -manned, -man•ning.
- to deprive of courage or fortitude;
break down the manly spirit of:Constant conflict finally unmanned him. - to deprive of virility;
emasculate;
castrate.
- un-2 + man1 1590–1600
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unman /ʌnˈmæn/ vb ( -mans, -manning, -manned) (transitive)
- to cause to lose courage or nerve
- to make effeminate
- to remove the men from
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