unaccompanied
adjective
un·ac·com·pa·nied
ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-nēd 
-ˈkämp-;
-ˈkəm-pə-,
-ˈkäm-
: not accompanied
especially
: being without instrumental accompaniment
Examples of unaccompanied in a Sentence
He attended the party unaccompanied.
Unaccompanied children are not allowed in the store.
All we've had from him is a lot of talk unaccompanied by any real effort to solve the problem.
a piece written for an unaccompanied cello
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That includes the unaccompanied children who come to the United States after escaping trafficking and abuse.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, officials prepared to take the first-grade student to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which holds unaccompanied immigrant children, according to the NYT.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
The judge’s ruling, issued last week on the day before Thanksgiving, is a blow to Polis’ attempt to both end the litigation and give ICE some records about the sponsors of undocumented and unaccompanied children.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
And the state had the second-highest rate of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness at that time compared to elsewhere in the country.
—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, officials prepared to take the first-grade student to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which holds unaccompanied immigrant children, according to the NYT.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
The judge’s ruling, issued last week on the day before Thanksgiving, is a blow to Polis’ attempt to both end the litigation and give ICE some records about the sponsors of undocumented and unaccompanied children.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
And the state had the second-highest rate of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness at that time compared to elsewhere in the country.
—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Unaccompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaccompanied. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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unaccompanied
adjective
un·ac·com·pa·nied
ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-(ə-)nēd
: not accompanied
especially
: being without instrumental accompaniment
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