unchaperoned
3
7.0
- adjective
- /ʌnˈʃæpərən/
:
sin supervisión
- She comes and goes by herself, unaccompanied, unchaperoned.
- unchaperoned and unaccompanied
- alone and unchaperoned
- go unchaperoned
Examples
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All his friends were allowed out at night unchaperoned; he was always arguing.
Fiction book (1998) -
Not Catholic, I was excused from daily mass; an American, I was allowed to talk to boys, free to leave the house at will, unchaperoned.
Fiction book (1992) -
We're staying at a kick-ass house on the beach, unchaperoned.
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But tell me how you came to be in my woods, and so charmingly unchaperoned.
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Cathy had to drive herself to the point of death that time just to gain the liberty that a religious dress would give her to walk alone, unchaperoned, in the street.
Fiction book (1995) -
Groups of tourists arrive by four-wheel drive vehicles from hotels on the coast, then wander about unchaperoned, leaving behind plastic water bottles and juice containers.
Academic text (2002) -
However, by the time the bicycling phenomenon began to subside in the early twentieth century, many women were traveling alone and unchaperoned.
Academic text (2012) -
Traditionalists feared that men, innately predatory, would accost and victimize unchaperoned women.
Academic text (2012) -
The children played in the park unchaperoned, causing their parents to feel anxious about their safety.
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She decided to go to the concert unchaperoned, even though her friends advised against it.
Synonyms
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1.0
By yourself with no 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
14
4.6
Without another person to go with you
2
4.6
No one watches or checks it
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unchaperoned is formed from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and chaperone, a person who watches over or protects someone. So unchaperoned means 'not with a supervisor or guardian', which is why it describes people (like children or guests) who are without an adult to guide them.