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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These individuals are considered dangerous and are not allowed to have any unmonitored contact with others. Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025 Migrants don’t have access to unmonitored calls with attorneys and can’t candidly speak about poor conditions at the naval base, the report said. Maria Ramirez Uribe, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2025 These problems are not limited to the extreme case of nuclear weapons—any military or security action where situational awareness depends partly on unmonitored ISR AI will be vulnerable to adversarial attacks in ways that a human cannot necessarily recognize and rectify. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2020 And 68% had unknown or unmonitored third-party APIs, leaving them open to abuse or misconfiguration. Corey Elinburg, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 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 12 Jul. 2025.

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