unsupervised
adjective
un·su·per·vised
ˌən-ˈsü-pər-ˌvīzd 
: not watched or overseen by someone in authority : not supervised
unsupervised teenagers
an unsupervised visit
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Both are also barred from having unsupervised contact with children younger than 12, including their own kids, prosecutors said.
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
And the spike in juvenile crime between the hours of 3 and 6 pm on weekdays suggests that for some kids, unsupervised time can be dangerous.
—Anna North, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
Many of us were also inadequately equipped to be exposed to unsupervised internet use, to social media.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
In the past, an unsupervised child drowns while his mother, Catherine, is in the midst of an affair with a young man.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
And the spike in juvenile crime between the hours of 3 and 6 pm on weekdays suggests that for some kids, unsupervised time can be dangerous.
—Anna North, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
Many of us were also inadequately equipped to be exposed to unsupervised internet use, to social media.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
In the past, an unsupervised child drowns while his mother, Catherine, is in the midst of an affair with a young man.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsupervised
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“Unsupervised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsupervised. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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