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 milestone brings us closer to Elon Musk’s prediction that training data from 10 billion miles of FSD would help achieve unsupervised driving at scale.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Griffith noted a recent report that children under age 5 were placed unsupervised in hotel rooms.
—Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
Autonomous vehicles will replace transportation jobs, just as unsupervised robotics would deplete the manufacturing industry’s need for human workers.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
As with electric blankets, portable heaters are fine in an adult's bedroom, but they should not be used unsupervised in a child’s room.
—Michelle Ullman, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Griffith noted a recent report that children under age 5 were placed unsupervised in hotel rooms.
—Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
Autonomous vehicles will replace transportation jobs, just as unsupervised robotics would deplete the manufacturing industry’s need for human workers.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
As with electric blankets, portable heaters are fine in an adult's bedroom, but they should not be used unsupervised in a child’s room.
—Michelle Ullman, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Unsupervised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsupervised. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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