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unaccompanied

unaccompanied

4.2
Happening without something that usually comes with it
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənid/
translation icon : no acompañado
  • Thirteen male, six of them "eligible," though I suspected, given contemporary Earth attitudes, even the unaccompanied and married males were fair game for travel liaisons.

Examples

  • It shows something awful and unaccompanied.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The children waited in the lobby, unaccompanied by their parents, until the show began.

  • He traveled unaccompanied to the conference, which was a first for him.

  • The flight is available for unaccompanied minors, allowing them to fly without adult supervision.

Synonyms

unattended
vsunaccompanied
22 3.6

Left without anyone watching or caring for them

means absence of something normally present rather than lack of attention
unaided
vsunaccompanied
3 4.9

Done without help from other people

emphasizes neutral absence rather than missing help or support
unchaperoned
vsunaccompanied
3 7.0

Alone without an adult to watch or guide them

is a general absence of something that is normally present with an event
unassisted
vsunaccompanied
2 3.9

Without help from anyone else

refers to simple absence rather than lack of active help

Antonyms

accompanied
3.7

With other people present, not alone

How Accompanied

combined
1.5
paired
2.5
unaccompanied
4.2
isolated
59 4.5

Surface Forms

unaccompanied positive

Morphology

unaccompanied = accompanied (transparent) = un + accompany + ed

The meaning 'without something usually present' is a direct negation of 'accompanied' and is inferable by learners.

Etymology

Unaccompanied comes from un- ('not') and accompany (to 'be with' or give 'company'), so it describes a state or event that happens 'not with' something that would usually be present.