unaccompanied

adjective

un·​ac·​com·​pa·​nied ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-nēd 

-ˈkämp-;

-ˈkəm-pə-,

-ˈkäm- 

: not accompanied

especially : being without instrumental accompaniment

Synonyms

• alone
• lone
• lonely
• lonesome
• single
• solitary
• solo

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

Recent Examples on the Web

According to border patrol data, since President Biden took office in 2021, nearly 540,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended at the southern border. —Brooke Taylor, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025

The dynamic was understandable to Fatima Rahmati, a youth advocate for unaccompanied Afghan children in New York. —Jazzmin Jiwa, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025

The audit found that between 2019 and 2023, ICE transferred more than 448,000 unaccompanied children to the Department of Health and Human Services. —Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025

By November 2024, nearly 4,500 unaccompanied and separated children had made the perilous journey, compared to less than 3,300 recorded in all of 2023. —Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing unaccompanied

• unaccompanied by

Kids Definition

unaccompanied

adjective

un·​ac·​com·​pa·​nied ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-(ə-)nēd 

: not accompanied

especially : being without instrumental accompaniment