unsupervised
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈsuːpərˌvaɪzd/
:
sin supervisión
- The investigating officers found two unsupervised minors in the apartment and contacted us.
- unsupervised child
- unsupervised students
- unsupervised high-risk
And I often tell a story about how when I was a kid, I would go, we played outside all the time unsupervised.
- And I often tell a story about how when I was a kid, I would go, we played outside all the time unsupervised.
Examples
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I don't feel very comfortable with you guys staying here unsupervised.
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Never allow pets and toddlers to be unsupervised at the same time.
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You people usually leave your children unsupervised like this?
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How did you leave the kids unsupervised like that after what happened last year?
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I do not want him unsupervised with my boys for 10 hours every night.
Blog text (12) -
Discussion began with the issue of unsupervised students coming to the library.
Academic text (2013) -
Most libraries have not allowed unsupervised children for quite some time now.
Blog text (16) -
And yes, in that case, allowing him unsupervised access to his child is incredibly bad judgment.
Blog text (20) -
Furthermore, suspended children may experience additional risks related to unsupervised time at home.
Academic text (2013) -
Shopping malls are banning unsupervised teens from their premises.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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3.6
Left without anyone watching or caring for them
3
7.0
Alone without an adult to watch or guide them
3
5.2
Not seen or noticed by anyone
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
1
6.9
Can act without supervision and decide what to do
1
6.7
Not seen by any person, so hard to prove in court
Antonyms
How Supervised
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsupervised = supervised (transparent) = un + supervise + ed
Clear negation: the productive prefix 'un-' is added to the participial adjective 'supervised' to mean 'not supervised'.
Etymology
The word unsupervised breaks into un- 'not' and super- 'over' with the idea of 'see' or 'watch', so it means 'not watched over'. Picture a child left alone by a pool to remember that it describes someone or something without a person in charge.