unmonitored

adjective

un·​mon·​i·​tored ˌən-ˈmä-nə-tərd How to pronounce unmonitored (audio)
: not observed, kept track of, or checked : not monitored
unmonitored communication
activity that is unmonitored and unregulated

Examples of unmonitored in a Sentence

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For hours on Tuesday, the former Boilermakers chief of staff and special assistant to ousted International President Newton Jones described luxury overseas trips with stays in five-star hotels, high-paying jobs for family members, daylong winery tours and unmonitored use of union credit cards. Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026 After complaints from families and detainees about limited access to attorneys, another lawsuit recently resulted in a ruling that detainees must be given better access to their lawyers, as well as confidential, unmonitored outgoing phone calls. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 This is one of the first assessments of how well the reintroduction has worked after more than five decades, as the birds were essentially left unmonitored since their release. Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026 In the third lawsuit, a federal judge in Fort Myers, Florida, ruled the Everglades facility must provide detainees there with better access to their attorneys, as well as confidential, unmonitored, unrecorded outgoing legal calls. Mike Schneider, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unmonitored

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unmonitored was in 1837

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“Unmonitored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmonitored. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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