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adjective un·su·per·vised \ ˌən-ˈsü-pər-ˌvīzd \

Definition of unsupervised

:not watched or overseen by someone in authority :not supervised

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In other cases, paid caregivers or hospice workers, who work largely unsupervised in the home, steal patients’ pills.

— melissa bailey, Kaiser Health News, "Dying At Home In An Opioid Crisis: Hospices Grapple With Stolen Meds," 22 Aug. 2017
She was told there were instances of young people sneaking into the pool after hours and having unsupervised pool parties.

— gregory tejeda, Post-Tribune, "Casino funds to help Gary clean up demolition sites," 18 Aug. 2017
Some systems have issued eclipse-viewing safety glasses or planned special viewing events; at least one has delayed dismissal, to prevent students from being outdoors unsupervised during the phenomenon.

— lawrence specker, AL.com, "Mobile County schools ban outdoor eclipse viewing," 15 Aug. 2017
Nothing revealed that Jimmy was alive, and his description — a young, unsupervised man in Chicago during the period when Mr. Gacy was killing people — suggested a possible link.

— julie bosman, New York Times, "Decades of Questions Get Chilling Answer: He Was John Wayne Gacy’s Victim," 1 Aug. 2017
Children 18 months to 3 years old should only have shared media usage with an adult, rather than unsupervised solo time with the tablet or smartphone.

— bridget davidson, ph.d., and jason jent, ph.d., miamiherald, "Screen time for young children: When and how to introduce mobile devices," 17 July 2017
Unsupervised juveniles took baby rabbits into a home in the first block of Taft Street Tuesday.

— The Aegis, "Police blotter: From Aberdeen to Fallston to Street," 14 July 2017
The problems included overcrowding that caused increased infection risk, the reuse of disposable equipment, early awakening from surgery, unsupervised experimental procedures and facilities that didn't meet medical standards.

— Bloomberg.com, "Vatican Acknowledges Past Problems At 'Pope's Hospital'," 4 July 2017
The next thought is, kids don’t play unsupervised catch anymore.

— paul daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Cincinnati Reds LHP Brandon Finnegan's injury begs an easy question and a hard one," 27 June 2017

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