unaccompanied
adjective
un·ac·com·pa·nied
ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-nēd 
-ˈkämp-;
-ˈkəm-pə-,
-ˈkäm-
: not accompanied
especially
: being without instrumental accompaniment
Examples of unaccompanied in a Sentence
He attended the party unaccompanied.
Unaccompanied children are not allowed in the store.
All we've had from him is a lot of talk unaccompanied by any real effort to solve the problem.
a piece written for an unaccompanied cello
Recent Examples on the Web
Schey, the founder and executive director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, led class-action cases on behalf of immigrants involving access to public education, medical care and the welfare of unaccompanied minors.
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Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
But border officials will take unaccompanied minors into custody and begin processing their claims immediately.
—John Washington, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
At least 17,000 children in Gaza — about 1% of the total displaced population — are unaccompanied or separated from their parents, according to the UN’s children’s agency.
—Max Foster, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
Ongoing fighting, patchy communications and the collapse of governance in the Gaza Strip have complicated attempts to locate relatives of unaccompanied children from Gaza, aid organizations and Palestinian authorities say.
—Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
The organization analyzed figures from the U.N. refugee agency and found that about 250 unaccompanied children arrived in Indonesia in the last three months of 2023 — an increase of 78 percent compared with the rest of the year.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
This enhanced authority would not apply to unaccompanied children or people who have medical emergencies or an imminent threat to their lives.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
Under the proposal, the government would also be required to offer lawyers to unaccompanied children who are 13 or younger.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2024
The group visited a migrant shelter for unaccompanied children.
—USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
But border officials will take unaccompanied minors into custody and begin processing their claims immediately.
—John Washington, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
At least 17,000 children in Gaza — about 1% of the total displaced population — are unaccompanied or separated from their parents, according to the UN’s children’s agency.
—Max Foster, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
Ongoing fighting, patchy communications and the collapse of governance in the Gaza Strip have complicated attempts to locate relatives of unaccompanied children from Gaza, aid organizations and Palestinian authorities say.
—Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
The organization analyzed figures from the U.N. refugee agency and found that about 250 unaccompanied children arrived in Indonesia in the last three months of 2023 — an increase of 78 percent compared with the rest of the year.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
This enhanced authority would not apply to unaccompanied children or people who have medical emergencies or an imminent threat to their lives.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
Under the proposal, the government would also be required to offer lawyers to unaccompanied children who are 13 or younger.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2024
The group visited a migrant shelter for unaccompanied children.
—USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
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unaccompanied
adjective
un·ac·com·pa·nied
ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-(ə-)nēd
: not accompanied
especially
: being without instrumental accompaniment
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