unsupervised

adjective

un·​su·​per·​vised ˌən-ˈsü-pər-ˌvīzd How to pronounce unsupervised (audio)
Synonyms of unsupervisednext
: not watched or overseen by someone in authority : not supervised
unsupervised teenagers
an unsupervised visit

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Whether that promise survives contact with the messy, unsupervised way people actually use chatbots — typing symptoms into a phone in the middle of the night, hoping for reassurance rather than a referral — is a separate question. — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 The family alleges that the children were left unsupervised at the daycare center while the staff attended the director’s birthday celebration, according to Oliveira. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 Without disclosing the total number of driverless vehicles, Tesla’s head of AI, Ashok Elluswamy, said the fleet has driven more than than 380,000 unsupervised miles across six cities. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 July 2026 But the fluctuating fleet size, inconsistency in supervised vs unsupervised vehicles, and long wait times tell a very different story. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unsupervised

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unsupervised was in 1899

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“Unsupervised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsupervised. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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