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
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The One Thing That Hasn’t Changed Risk-taking in adolescence has historically taken many forms—from substance use to unsupervised social activities.
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Hannah Silverman, Parents, 31 Oct. 2025
The short clip shows what appears to be the aftermath of three dogs being left unsupervised in a living room.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
With expansive networks comes large amounts of data, creating more opportunities for data to go unsupervised or fall outside of consistent and established security policies.
—Ethan Stone, IndyStar, 28 Oct. 2025
But in other parts of the country, unruly and often unsupervised kids have led to some breweries banning little ones from their spaces entirely or during certain times, the New York Times reported this summer.
—Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Silverman, Parents, 31 Oct. 2025
The short clip shows what appears to be the aftermath of three dogs being left unsupervised in a living room.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
With expansive networks comes large amounts of data, creating more opportunities for data to go unsupervised or fall outside of consistent and established security policies.
—Ethan Stone, IndyStar, 28 Oct. 2025
But in other parts of the country, unruly and often unsupervised kids have led to some breweries banning little ones from their spaces entirely or during certain times, the New York Times reported this summer.
—Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Unsupervised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsupervised. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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