unstaffed

English

Etymology

un- +‎ staffed

Adjective

unstaffed (not comparable)

  1. Without staff, or workers.
    • 2009 August 30, The Associated Press, “Indian Moon Orbiter Loses Contact”, in New York Times‎:
      India’s national space agency said that communications with its first unstaffed spacecraft to orbit the moon were lost on Saturday and that its scientists were no longer controlling the orbiter.
    • 2020 January 29, “Network News: Motion in support of station staff”, in Rail, page 25:
      The RMT says that some unstaffed stations cater for hundreds of thousands of passengers each year, citing as examples Barry Island (867,598 passengers in 2018-19), Dumbarton East (453,010) and East Worthing (424,176).
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