unaccompanied
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənid/
:
sin compañía
- Many unaccompanied and undocumented youths immigrate to another country to flee a hopeless situation.
- unaccompanied minors
- unaccompanied children
- unaccompanied woman
So all these, all these unaccompanied children are being sent to the border.
- So all these, all these unaccompanied children are being sent to the border.
- The kid would be rendered unaccompanied and sent to the Office of Refugee Resettlement to these shelters.
- You're there with with a single parent who's sick, of course, you feel very lonely and, you know, just unaccompanied.
- We started seeing a big change of family units and unaccompanied children and mainly Central Americans in the last five or six years.
- I was also the unaccompanied minor, afraid to look down or out at the Atlantic.
Examples
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It's probably not a good idea for unaccompanied children to be in a dark, secluded alley.
Blog text (31) -
Are you sure it's safe for a child to fly unaccompanied on such a long flight?
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So all these, all these unaccompanied children are being sent to the border.
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Local authorities can sign up to the national register for unaccompanied children.
Academic text (2009) -
Anyone check in an unaccompanied minor on the New York flight?
Fiction book (1993) -
No one seemed to care that I was an unaccompanied minor.
Blog text (17) -
We started seeing a big change of family units and unaccompanied children and mainly Central Americans in the last five or six years.
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What sort of responsibility is to be expected of flight crews when unaccompanied children are aboard?
Blog text (11) -
I'm told the Lenox girl has arrived unaccompanied.
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Learn more about unaccompanied youths on the website of the Women’s Refugee Commission.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.0
By yourself with no other people present
191
4.6
Being alone and not with other people or things
176
2.7
By itself with no other people or things nearby
60
2.9
Without any other people present
22
3.6
Left without anyone watching or caring for them
21
4.2
Not watched by an adult or person in charge
3
7.0
Alone without an adult to watch or guide them
1
7.1
Alone without help or someone watching, a person must take care of themselves
1
3.9
Without anyone watching or looking after it
Alone with no one to be with you
A person or animal living alone without a group
Antonyms
How Accompanied
14
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
unaccompanied = accompanied (transparent) = un + accompany + ed
The sense 'without anyone else; alone' is a direct negative of 'accompanied' and is transparently formed with un-.
Etymology
Unaccompanied is formed from un- ('not') and accompany (to 'be with' or give 'company'), so a person who goes 'unaccompanied' is 'not with' anyone else — simply alone or without a companion.