unaccompanied

adjective

ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-nēd How to pronounce unaccompanied (audio)
Definition of unaccompaniednext
as in lone
not being in the company of others an unaccompanied child on the airplane flight

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Recent Examples of unaccompanied Marseille, France’s second-largest city, imposed a curfew for unaccompanied minors starting Tuesday night. — Tom Nouvian, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Upon taking office, the Biden administration stopped turning away unaccompanied child migrants, attempted to halt Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportations for 100 days, and suspended border wall construction. — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026 In August, a small Texas law firm withdrew from consideration for a $150 million federal contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children after immigrant advocacy groups raised concerns about the firm's degree of experience in immigration law. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 In July, when the Monitor asked the Department of Health and Human Services about an AI product designed to evaluate the sponsors of unaccompanied immigrant children, evidence of it disappeared from the agency’s website. — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unaccompanied
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccompanied
  1. lone
  2. lonely
  3. solo
  4. single
  5. solitary
  6. alone
Adjective
  • Messina made the runoff by capitalizing on his status as the lone conservative in the race.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Julius Randle had 21 points and 11 rebounds against his former team for the Nets (1-6), who earned their lone victory Sunday at Indiana and made a good push for two in a row before faltering in the fourth.
    — CBS New York Team, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of lone
Adjective
  • Popular imagination dismissed her as one of the lonely and disappointed women in a cardigan who peopled her novels, her books discarded as conservative and constricting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Chenault’s stance seems an increasingly lonely one in corporate America.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of lonely
Adjective
  • The solo vocalist nicely cut through the middle of the mix, too.
    — Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Will Jay helm the show as a mainly solo act and lean on his own catalog, or call on the star power from his glossy Rolodex?
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of solo
Adjective
  • For example, two fluorescent particles positioned close together may appear as a single feature under a microscope.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Davis’s frustration is aimed less at any single subscription—offerings run the gamut from remote start to horsepower upgrades—than at the market’s direction.
    — Emma Witman, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of single
Adjective
  • Despite pledging to participate in multiple debates, Becerra brushed aside several invitations, agreeing to just a solitary one-hour face-off against Hilton on CNN in late September.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • These silicon chunks are melted in bespoke crucibles made of the world’s purest quartz, virtually all of which is mined from a solitary deposit in the mountains of North Carolina.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of solitary
Adjective
  • Investigators said the four encountered Frost, who was alone and using the park’s skateboarding facilities, and demanded the keys to his vehicle parked nearby.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Bond is far from alone in navigating the complicated topic of fertility and MBC.
    — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of alone

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“Unaccompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccompanied. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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