unpowered

adjective

un·pow·ered ˌən-ˈpau̇(-ə)rd

: not powered (as by an engine)

unpowered flight

an unpowered descent

Motorized reel mowers are expensive … . Simpler and better is the unpowered model, lighter by many pounds than the cast-iron prewar machine.—

Eleanor Perenyi

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The passengers will need to return to their seats after a few minutes as the craft reorients and begins to interact with the increasing density of the atmosphere and then glides to an unpowered landing. —

John Antczak, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2020 In mid-November the world watched spellbound as Philae fell for seven hours in an unpowered descent to the tumbling comet. —

The Editors, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2014 The passengers will need to return to their seats after a few minutes as the craft reorients and begins to interact with the increasing density of the atmosphere and then glides to an unpowered landing. —

John Antczak, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2020 The passengers will need to return to their seats after a few minutes as the craft reorients and begins to interact with the increasing density of the atmosphere and then glides to an unpowered landing. —

John Antczak, Star Tribune, 28 July 2020 The initial autogiro required a horse or a working group of several people to wrap a rope around the rotor, generating a spin and unpowered lift. —

Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023 The first unpowered flight in Alaska took place 23 years earlier. —

David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022 While the reusable booster heads back to landing on a nearby pad, the crew capsule continues upward on an unpowered, ballistic trajectory, reaching a maximum altitude of just above 65 miles three-and-a-half minutes after takeoff. —

William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2022 Ballistic missiles, by comparison, fly a largely unpowered parabolic trajectory—like that of a fly ball coming off a baseball bat—after being propelled by an initial rocket boost. —

Jason Sherman, Scientific American, 2 June 2022 See More

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