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

Examples of unsupervised in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

He was required to undergo alcohol education and was placed on unsupervised probation, according to court records. —Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2025

While future versions may improve reliability, current models are not suited for unsupervised clinical use. —Sahar Hashmi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025

So far, 49 tenants have signed on as plaintiffs to the lawsuit that was filed this week alleging that an unqualified electrician was allowed to perform unsupervised work on an HVAC unit and a breaker, sparking the fire. —Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025

In 2020, two men were each sentenced to 10 days in jail, a fine of $540, five years of unsupervised probation and a five-year ban from the park for trespassing on the cone of Old Faithful Geyser, per a press release from the National Park Service. —Toria Sheffield, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing unsupervised

• unsupervised machine learning

Rhymes for unsupervised

• americanized
• anathematized
• collateralized
• contextualized
• conventionalized
• demilitarized
• demineralized
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• industrialised
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• materialised
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