unchaperoned

adjective

Definition of unchaperonednext
as in unattended

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Recent Examples of unchaperoned Taliban fighters were raiding houses, attempting to find unchaperoned girls. — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2022 The possibility of making a wrong turn certainly exists, however, don’t let that deter you from a bit of unchaperoned exploration. — Lindsay Cohn, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2022 This device comes into play the moment Anthony encounters the headstrong, independent Kate on an unchaperoned early-morning ride. — Katie Rife, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2022 The latest Whistledown spills the ink about Eloise's unchaperoned association with political radicals. — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for unchaperoned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchaperoned
  1. unattended
  2. unaccompanied
  3. solitary
  4. alone
  5. solo
  6. cloistered
Adjective
  • An investigation discovered that the girl had been previously left unattended, wandering the streets for an extended period of time before being found by an Amazon delivery driver, the arrest report for Earnest Jackson says.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2026
  • An unattended death is a death in which there were no witnesses.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of unattended
Adjective
  • The nonprofit subcontracts with around 100 legal service providers nationwide that represent tens of thousands of unaccompanied children.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Last week, a Texas nonprofit – an Acacia subcontractor – shut down its unaccompanied children’s program and let 13 employees go.
    — Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of unaccompanied
Adjective
  • The movie shot in 35mm film revisits the main character and setting of the director’s minimalist first feature, Freedom, that 25 years earlier chronicled a few days in the life of a solitary woodcutter in the remote Pampas mountains.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Harpman was writing in a different era, but the elegiac loneliness of her fiction anticipates our own solitary and screen-bound present.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of solitary
Adjective
  • Miami law enforcement received multiple calls about the incident—including one from the TikTok moderation team, the spokesperson says—and arrived at Hilton’s house to find him alone.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Rogue planets drift alone through interstellar space after either being ejected from their original planetary systems or forming independently without ever orbiting a star.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of alone
Adjective
  • The Astros’ Cam Smith tied the game in the seventh with his own solo home run, but the Giants took a 3-2 lead right back on a solo homer from Gilbert, his fifth home run of the season.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In February 2024 boygenius announced an indefinite hiatus to allow its members to focus on solo projects.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of solo
Adjective
  • His sensitivity does not protect him from the violent currents rushing through his friend group, eventually taking him away from his cloistered suburban world.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Much of the film is sun-soaked and colorful and filled with the rhythm and chaos of life in a cloistered, liminal community.
    — JD Linville, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of cloistered

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“Unchaperoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchaperoned. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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