unescorted
adjective
un·es·cort·ed
ˌən-i-ˈskȯr-təd 
-e-,
-ˈe-ˌskȯr-
: not escorted : lacking an escort : unattended, unaccompanied
Young ladies arrived unescorted, a startling sight in those prim days …—
Robert H. Ferrell
Robert H. FerrellThe radar picked up an unescorted bomber.
Examples of unescorted in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Those breaches included attempts by graduate students of Dr. Qiu at the University of Manitoba, all of whom were Chinese nationals, to remove material from the lab and being allowed to wander through the facility unescorted.
—Ian Austen, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
She has been known for walking around Copenhagen virtually unescorted.
—Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 2 Jan. 2024
Visitors to headquarters are not allowed to bring electronic devices or walk unescorted inside.
—Jon Gertner, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
But officials were wary of letting Western reporters wander unescorted, a sign of lingering uncertainty.
—John Daniszewski, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
In the GOP’s retelling, January 6 was a glorious day when patriotic Americans took a well-deserved, unescorted stroll through the Capitol.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 23 Dec. 2021
Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway.
—Adam Sabes, Fox News, 18 June 2022
House Bill 4087 would require on-scene responders to allow credentialed journalists to proceed unescorted through checkpoints if conditions are deemed safe enough to allow it.
—oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2022
In the past 14 months alone the agency responded to 130 major disaster declarations involving the Covid pandemic, winter storms, landslides, an earthquake, and thousands of unescorted minors at the southern U.S. border.
—Edward Segal, Forbes, 24 May 2021
Ian Austen, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
She has been known for walking around Copenhagen virtually unescorted.
—Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 2 Jan. 2024
Visitors to headquarters are not allowed to bring electronic devices or walk unescorted inside.
—Jon Gertner, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
But officials were wary of letting Western reporters wander unescorted, a sign of lingering uncertainty.
—John Daniszewski, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
In the GOP’s retelling, January 6 was a glorious day when patriotic Americans took a well-deserved, unescorted stroll through the Capitol.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 23 Dec. 2021
Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway.
—Adam Sabes, Fox News, 18 June 2022
House Bill 4087 would require on-scene responders to allow credentialed journalists to proceed unescorted through checkpoints if conditions are deemed safe enough to allow it.
—oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2022
In the past 14 months alone the agency responded to 130 major disaster declarations involving the Covid pandemic, winter storms, landslides, an earthquake, and thousands of unescorted minors at the southern U.S. border.
—Edward Segal, Forbes, 24 May 2021
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'unescorted.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near unescorted
Cite this Entry
“Unescorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unescorted. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share