unguided
adjective
un·guid·ed
ˌən-ˈgī-dəd 
: not guided: such as
a
: not led by a guide
an unguided tour
b
: not subject to guidance after launching
an unguided missile
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But even as late as the opening phases of the Iraq war in 2003, roughly a third of munitions dropped by the United States and its coalition partners were still unguided, general-purpose bombs.
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Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
But a series of delays meant this cargo pallet missed its ride back to Earth, so NASA jettisoned the batteries from the space station in 2021 to head for an unguided reentry.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
The alternative is the use of unguided bombs which take far more skill to achieve similar precision.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
About $6 billion of the $8 billion package is made up of four cases, or sets of sales, and those are mainly bombs and GPS guidance systems for unguided bombs, said the official, who agreed to discuss the sensitive weapons sales on the condition of anonymity.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
But a series of delays meant this cargo pallet missed its ride back to Earth, so NASA jettisoned the batteries from the space station in 2021 to head for an unguided reentry.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
The alternative is the use of unguided bombs which take far more skill to achieve similar precision.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
About $6 billion of the $8 billion package is made up of four cases, or sets of sales, and those are mainly bombs and GPS guidance systems for unguided bombs, said the official, who agreed to discuss the sensitive weapons sales on the condition of anonymity.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Unguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unguided. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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