: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft
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One target site is a potential future landing area for an uncrewed payload mission.
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Brendan Byrne, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026
And, of course, the uncrewed demo to the Moon.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026
The duo had flown together just once before, on the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to lunar orbit in 2022.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The concept links crewed and uncrewed platforms across multiple domains, including air, land, sea, space, and cyber.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
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Brendan Byrne, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026
And, of course, the uncrewed demo to the Moon.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026
The duo had flown together just once before, on the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to lunar orbit in 2022.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The concept links crewed and uncrewed platforms across multiple domains, including air, land, sea, space, and cyber.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for uncrewed
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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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uncrewed
adjective
un·crewed
ˌən-ˈkrüd 
: having no crew
an uncrewed spacecraft
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