unmanned

unman (ʌnˈmæn)

—vb , -mans, -manning, -manned
1.	to cause to lose courage or nerve
2.	to make effeminate
3.	to remove the men from
4.	archaic to deprive of human qualities

unmanned (ʌnˈmænd)

—*adj*
1.	lacking personnel or crew: an unmanned ship
2.	(of aircraft, spacecraft, etc) operated by automatic or remote control
3.	uninhabited
4.	falconry (of a hawk or falcon) not yet trained to accept humans

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Word Origin & History

unman

1590s, "to deprive of the attributes of a human being," from un- (2) + verbal derivative of man (n.). Meaning "to deprive of manly courage" is attested from c.1600; that of "to emasculate" is from 1680s. Unmanned "not furnished with a crew" is from 1540s.

Example sentences

But today, our group can still see our fingerprints all over almost every

submersible in the world, manned or unmanned.

The unmanned program is having its heyday right now.

Most of the science it is supposed to do could be done more cheaply, and more

efficiently, on unmanned rockets.

Virtually all of the scientific knowledge gained by the space program was or

could have been obtained by use of unmanned vehicles.

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Matching Quote

"Come, civil night,
Thou sober-suited matron all in black,
And learn me how to lose a winning match
Played for a pair of stainless maidenhoods.
Hood my unmanned blood, bating in my cheeks,
With thy black mantle till strange love grow bold,
Think true love acted simple modesty.
Come, night. Come, Romeo. Come, thou day in night;
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.
Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-browed night,"

-Shakespeare