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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Espinoza reminded parents to enroll their children in swim classes, bring safety gear like floaties and to never leave a child unsupervised.
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
While making breakfast, Fathizadeh left one child in a highchair and let the three other children into a rear patio play area unsupervised and out of sight.
—CBS News, 8 June 2026
Limit your pets unsupervised time outside.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
Haitian women are having babies in squalid, unsupervised settings after the Dominican Republic started sending immigration agents to detain migrants at hospitals.
—Alexandra Stevenson Luis Ferré-Sadurní Paul Mozur David French, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
While making breakfast, Fathizadeh left one child in a highchair and let the three other children into a rear patio play area unsupervised and out of sight.
—CBS News, 8 June 2026
Limit your pets unsupervised time outside.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
Haitian women are having babies in squalid, unsupervised settings after the Dominican Republic started sending immigration agents to detain migrants at hospitals.
—Alexandra Stevenson Luis Ferré-Sadurní Paul Mozur David French, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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“Unsupervised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsupervised. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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