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pilotless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: P AY1 L AH0 T L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not having a pilot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unmanned, unpiloted

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

lacking a pilot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a drone is a pilotless aircraft

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English pilot Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English pilotless From pilot + -less.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: беспіло́тны (bjespilótny) — not having a pilot — see also unmanned
  • Polish: bezpilotowy — not having a pilot — see also unmanned
  • Russian: беспило́тный (bespilótnyj) — not having a pilot — see also unmanned
  • Ukrainian: безпіло́тний (bezpilótnyj) — not having a pilot — see also unmanned