unaccompanied
adjective
un·ac·com·pa·nied
ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-nēd 
-ˈkämp-;
-ˈkəm-pə-,
-ˈkäm-
: not accompanied
especially
: being without instrumental accompaniment
Examples of unaccompanied in a Sentence
He attended the party unaccompanied.
Unaccompanied children are not allowed in the store.
All we've had from him is a lot of talk unaccompanied by any real effort to solve the problem.
a piece written for an unaccompanied cello
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That wall eroded during President Donald Trump’s first administration, when the ORR began to share identifying information about unaccompanied children and their potential sponsors with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, presaging a wave of arrests.
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Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2025
The contracts, per the audit, came from a variety of federal programs aimed at helping refugees and unaccompanied migrant children.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
Considering that around 76 percent of unaccompanied minors who arrive in Europe are aged between 15-17, that imprecision can carry a major toll.
—Will Coldwell, The Dial, 3 Dec. 2024
The Guatemalan Migration Institute, a government office of the Central American nation, wrote in a news release that 80 Guatemalans returned, all of whom were adults, including 31 women, 48 men and an unaccompanied minor.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2025
The contracts, per the audit, came from a variety of federal programs aimed at helping refugees and unaccompanied migrant children.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
Considering that around 76 percent of unaccompanied minors who arrive in Europe are aged between 15-17, that imprecision can carry a major toll.
—Will Coldwell, The Dial, 3 Dec. 2024
The Guatemalan Migration Institute, a government office of the Central American nation, wrote in a news release that 80 Guatemalans returned, all of whom were adults, including 31 women, 48 men and an unaccompanied minor.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
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unaccompanied
adjective
un·ac·com·pa·nied
ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-(ə-)nēd
: not accompanied
especially
: being without instrumental accompaniment
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