What is the gender-neutral way of saying “unmanned operation”?
Pilotless?
Automated/Automatic?
Unstaffed is one option.
Mechanized is another.
Robot controled for certain applications,
Depending on how the operation came to be unmanned, you could use abandoned or deserted.
How about Remote or Unoccupied?
A couple of times, I have heard NASA representatives refer to “uncrewed” missions, although the phrase sounds very awkward.
Unattended
Automated
Robotic
Drone
Pilotless/unpiloted
Remote controlled
Self-piloted
The English language has a wealth of terms for almost anything. Just figure out whether it’s directing its own operation, or receiving commands from another source, and you’re on your way.
Whitetho wrote:
-----------------A couple of times, I have heard NASA representatives refer to “uncrewed” missions, although the phrase sounds very awkward.
Somehow, I read that as “unscrewed.” As in “not screwed up.”
“Self-adjusting” in machinery often means it will get out of adjustment all by itself.
A couple of terms spring readily to mind:[list=1][li]Remote operation[/li]The device is operated remotely by a person at another location that is possibly, but not necessarily distant.
[li]Computer operated[/li]The device is operated by an on-board computer with preprogrammed actions and reactions directed by software (either on-board or remotely-located and accessed by wire, radio, or other means).[/list=1]Take your pick or invent some other term. Just what is the device you are seeking this term for anyway?
~~Baloo
unmanned IS gender neutral.
-luckie
I agree with Luckie. It doesn’t mean man in the sense of male, it means it in the sense of humanity.
I prefer ‘unpiloted’.
unpersoned
::listens as hints of ‘1984’ echo round the room::
That’s what I wanted to say at first, but was worried about feminist flames.
I bet there are people who would insist that “humanity” is not gender neutral.
:rolleyes:
“Remote controlled,” “automated,” “computer controlled,” etc. just mean that there is no human aboard who is in control. It doesn’t mean there is nobody aboard at all. An airplane on auto-pilot is computer controlled, and cable cars and aerial cableways (gondolas) are remotely controlled passenger vehicles. “Unoccupied” to me suggests a temporary condition of a vehicle otherwise designed to be manned. I think the only reasonable term is “unmanned” or, if you insist, the NASA term (“uncrewed”).
Seems that the OP was answered, so I’ll ask a related question. Gender neutral version of doorman? Doorperson just doesn’t seem to work, attendant seems too vague… help?
Quix
Seems that the OP was answered, so I’ll ask a related question. Gender neutral version of doorman? Doorperson just doesn’t seem to work, attendant seems too vague… help?
Quix
Doorman: Someone who guards the entrance to a building. But if you really feel you must:
Doorkeeper
Door Guard
Porter
Gate Keeper
I was going to suggest neutered to replace gelded, but then I see that the OP meant something else.