unsupervised

adjective

un·​su·​per·​vised ˌən-ˈsü-pər-ˌvīzd How to pronounce unsupervised (audio)
: not watched or overseen by someone in authority : not supervised
unsupervised teenagers
an unsupervised visit

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The ultimate goal, the agreement claimed, was for Kelley to eventually regain unsupervised parenting time. Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025 According to a May police report, surveillance footage showed that Trigg was unsupervised for at least nine minutes and was in the water for seven minutes before his father found him. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025 An unsupervised generative model that exclusively relies on content from you, the user, can create an echo chamber for its output. Varuna Srinivasan, Allure, 25 Aug. 2025 About four months before Markel’s death, Markel filed a motion in civil court to bar Donna Adelson from having unsupervised visits with her grandsons. Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unsupervised

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unsupervised was in 1899

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“Unsupervised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsupervised. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

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