Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not having a crew; crewless.
 
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- adjective   Without a 
crew ;unmanned . 
Etymologies
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Examples
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Robotic probes and so-called uncrewed cosmic laboratories have done their work during the shuttle era, delivering a big scientific bang for the buck, compared to experiments done by human space voyagers.
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Robotic probes and so-called uncrewed cosmic laboratories have done their work during the shuttle era, delivering a big scientific bang for the buck, compared to experiments done by human space voyagers.
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Err, not that kind of dragon--an uncrewed 'Dragon' capsule designed by the company SpaceX is set to launch on February 7th and rendezvous with the station a few days later.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Plans and Precommitment: 2012 in Space! Zoe P. Strassfield 2012
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Err, not that kind of dragon--an uncrewed 'Dragon' capsule designed by the company SpaceX is set to launch on February 7th and rendezvous with the station a few days later.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Plans and Precommitment: 2012 in Space! Zoe P. Strassfield 2012
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Err, not that kind of dragon--an uncrewed 'Dragon' capsule designed by the company SpaceX is set to launch on February 7th and rendezvous with the station a few days later.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Plans and Precommitment: 2012 in Space! Zoe P. Strassfield 2012
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Err, not that kind of dragon--an uncrewed 'Dragon' capsule designed by the company SpaceX is set to launch on February 7th and rendezvous with the station a few days later.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Plans and Precommitment: 2012 in Space! Zoe P. Strassfield 2012
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When the crew leaves the Moon you have the potential of sending the uncrewed ascent vehicles for a rescue mission.
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Err, not that kind of dragon--an uncrewed 'Dragon' capsule designed by the company SpaceX is set to launch on February 7th and rendezvous with the station a few days later.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Plans and Precommitment: 2012 in Space! Zoe P. Strassfield 2012
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Say you send first a few (3, 4?) of them uncrewed to the surface of the Moon.
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Err, not that kind of dragon--an uncrewed 'Dragon' capsule designed by the company SpaceX is set to launch on February 7th and rendezvous with the station a few days later.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Plans and Precommitment: 2012 in Space! Zoe P. Strassfield 2012
 
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