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

Examples of unsupervised in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The report also found that children under age five were being housed in unsupervised hotel rooms. —Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026

Rooms at the very top of the palace may not be suitable for unsupervised children. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

The market’s negative reaction also reflected skepticism about the timing of autonomous vehicles, with Musk indicating that fully unsupervised capabilities may not arrive until later this year. —Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026

Unlike in Austin, where commercial rides initially had a human supervisor behind the wheel, rides in Dallas and Houston are completely unsupervised from the get-go. —Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing unsupervised

• unsupervised machine learning

Rhymes for unsupervised

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