unsupervised

adjective

un·​su·​per·​vised ˌən-ˈsü-pər-ˌvīzd 

: not watched or overseen by someone in authority : not supervised

unsupervised teenagers

an unsupervised visit

Examples of unsupervised in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Victoriano pleaded guilty to obstructing arrest and received unsupervised probation. —Shannon Tyler june 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2026

However, in October of that year, the woman was left alone and unsupervised when a man who also lived at the facility entered her room and raped her, according to a lawsuit filed last year in Cook County on the woman’s behalf, charging negligence by Albany Care. —Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026

Detroit police say the curfew is a public safety tool designed to prevent teen takeovers, large unsupervised gatherings and violence during one of the city's largest events. —Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 15 June 2026

Locking themselves into school, these restless teenagers roamed the premises unsupervised. —Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing unsupervised

• unsupervised machine learning

Rhymes for unsupervised

• americanized
• anathematized
• collateralized
• contextualized
• conventionalized
• demilitarized
• demineralized
• departmentalized
• depersonalized
• industrialised
• industrialized
• materialised