uncrewed

adjective

un·​crewed ˌən-ˈkrüd How to pronounce uncrewed (audio)
: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft

Examples of uncrewed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web What went wrong on past Boeing tests Dozens of software and engineering issues resulted in the failure of a previous attempt in 2019 to send an uncrewed Starliner to the ISS for a week. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024 India and other countries have landed uncrewed craft on the moon in recent years as well. Linah Mohammad, NPR, 6 May 2024 Boeing corrected those problems and opted to carry out a second uncrewed test flight, at its own expense. William Harwood, CBS News, 5 May 2024 In 2022, after identifying and making more than 80 fixes, Starliner conducted a second uncrewed test flight. Discover Magazine, 3 May 2024 Two years prior to the drones’ debut at Disney World, Boeing began development of an all-electric uncrewed CAV that could carry about 500 pounds of cargo for military and commercial use. Kelyn Soong, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024 One of the most famous uncrewed systems of the war has been Kyiv’s Sea Baby drones. Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024 Complex electrical infrastructure that's uncrewed can be even more dangerous if it is hit by a missile, explained Volodymyr, a DTEK worker. Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024 The uncrewed lunar lander likely touched down near at an impact crater by the moon’s south pole called Malapert A at 6:24 p.m. EST on February 22, 2024. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uncrewed was in 1953

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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 16 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

uncrewed

adjective
un·​crewed
ˌən-ˈkrüd
: having no crew
an uncrewed spacecraft
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