unescorted

adjective

un·​es·​cort·​ed ˌən-i-ˈskȯr-təd 

-e-,

-ˈe-ˌskȯr-

: not escorted : lacking an escort : unattended, unaccompanied

Young ladies arrived unescorted, a startling sight in those prim days …

—Robert H. Ferrell

The radar picked up an unescorted bomber.

Examples of unescorted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At another store in the same chain, employees accepted the fraudulent document and allowed unescorted access. —Lauren Carpenter, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025

That is especially true in Gaza, where foreign journalists are barred from entering unescorted by the Israel Defense Forces, connectivity is spotty at best, and more than 1.7 million people have been displaced from their homes. —Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 1 June 2024

Those breaches included attempts by graduate students of Dr. Qiu at the University of Manitoba, all of whom were Chinese nationals, to remove material from the lab and being allowed to wander through the facility unescorted. —Ian Austen, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024

She has been known for walking around Copenhagen virtually unescorted. —Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 2 Jan. 2024

Visitors to headquarters are not allowed to bring electronic devices or walk unescorted inside. —Jon Gertner, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023

But officials were wary of letting Western reporters wander unescorted, a sign of lingering uncertainty. —John Daniszewski, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023

In the GOP’s retelling, January 6 was a glorious day when patriotic Americans took a well-deserved, unescorted stroll through the Capitol. —Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 23 Dec. 2021

Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway. —Adam Sabes, Fox News, 18 June 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unescorted

• reexported
• undistorted
• unreported
• unsupported
• aborted
• assorted
• comported
• consorted
• contorted
• deported
• distorted
• escorted