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

Although the parents are from three different countries, all the memories are from time spent outdoors and when children were unsupervised. — Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

In addition, four children, ages 14, 12, 11 and 9, had been left unsupervised. — CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

At a bond hearing the following day, prosecutors said the children appeared to have been left unsupervised with access to narcotics and firearms. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

Gebran was also given two years of unsupervised probation and ordered to pay $1,365, including a $1,000 fine for animal cruelty and a $50 fine for unlawful discharge of a firearm with additional court costs. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

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
• departmentalized
• depersonalized
• industrialised
• industrialized
• materialised