unescorted

adjective un·es·cort·ed \ ˌən-i-ˈskȯr-təd , -e- , -ˈe-ˌskȯr- \

Definition of unescorted

: not escorted : lacking an escort : unattended, unaccompanied

Young ladies arrived unescorted, a startling sight in those prim days …
—Robert H. Ferrell

The radar picked up an unescorted bomber.

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Beginning in the late nineteenth century, newspapers offered accounts of the perils that awaited unescorted women who ventured into the cities by themselves.

— Longreads, "Every Woman Her Own Bodyguard," 10 Jan. 2018
The plane targeted In 1969 was an unescorted surveillance craft.

— nancy a. youssef, WSJ, "North Korean Threat to Down U.S. Bombers Has Cold War Echoes," 25 Sep. 2017
There are several classes and programs — computer graphics, engraving, printmaking and landscaping, to name a few — that are available to inmates who are allowed to walk unescorted from their dorms to classes.

— otis r. taylor jr., San Francisco Chronicle, "Deportation chosen over Richmond jail; complaints under investigation," 2 Nov. 2017
Then the ship headed for Guam, where the captain was ordered to travel, unescorted, to the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines.

— jacque smith, CNN, "A sunken warship, a lost hero and the discovery that reunited an American family," 30 Sep. 2017
In 1969, a North Korean MiG 21 shot down an unescorted U.S. military surveillance aircraft over international waters, killing its entire crew of 30 sailors and one Marine.

— alastair gale, WSJ, "Could North Korea Actually Shoot Down U.S. Bombers Off Its Coast?," 26 Sep. 2017

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