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unmanned

/ʌnˈmænd/

unmanned adjective: not operated by a person or a crew. Also the simple past and past participle of unman.

Adjective

unmanned (not comparable)

  1. Not operated by a person or a crew.
    • unmanned drones
    • an automated e-mail message sent from an unmanned mailbox
    Synonyms:
    uncrewed, crewless
    Antonyms:
    manned, crewed
  2. Of a bird of prey: not accustomed to the presence of human beings.
  3. (humorous, neologism, slang) Of a setting, situation or event, devoid of males.

Also used as

unmanned is also the simple past and past participle of unman.

unmanned meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

unmanned in Hindi

मानव रहित, मानवरहित

unmanned in Tamil

ஆளில்லா

unmanned in Marathi

मानवरहित, मनुष्यविरहित

unmanned in Bengali

মানববিহীন, মানবহীন
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unmanned in Telugu
మానవరహిత, మానవరహితంగా, మానవరహితులు
unmanned in Kannada
ಮಾನವರಹಿತ, ಮಾನವರಹಿತರು, ಮಾನವರಹಿತವಾಗಿ
unmanned in Punjabi
ਮਨੁੱਖ ਰਹਿਤ
unmanned in Gujarati
માનવરહિત, માનવ રહિત
unmanned in Odia
ମାନବବିହୀନ, ମାନବ ବିହୀନ, ମାନବବିହୀନ ଭାବେ
unmanned in Nepali
मानवरहित, मानव रहित, मानवविहीन
unmanned in Indonesian
nirawak

Examples of unmanned in a sentence

  • NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.
  • The introduction of unmanned drone ships configured as anti-ship weapons is an extension of these tactics.
  • He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot.

All 13 example sentences with unmanned

Synonyms of unmanned

Antonyms

Origin of unmanned

From un- + manned.

Words that rhyme with unmanned

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Questions about unmanned

What does unmanned mean?
Unmanned means not operated by a person or a crew.
What is unmanned in Hindi?
Unmanned in Hindi is मानव रहित, मानवरहित. See Unmanned meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is unmanned?
Unmanned is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unmanned?
Unmanned is pronounced /ʌnˈmænd/.

Words near unmanned in the dictionary

  1. unmanlike
  2. unmanlily
  3. unmanliness
  4. unmanlinesses
  5. unmanly
  6. unmanned
  7. unmanner
  8. unmannered
  9. unmanneredly
  10. unmannerliness
  11. unmannerly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unmanned (page history and authors); unmanned (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unmanned (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unmanned (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unmanned (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unmanned (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unmanned (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unmanned (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unmanned (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unmanned (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unmanned (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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