unmonitored

adjective

un·​mon·​i·​tored ˌən-ˈmä-nə-tərd How to pronounce unmonitored (audio)
: not observed, kept track of, or checked : not monitored
unmonitored communication
activity that is unmonitored and unregulated

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Challenges include varied topography that makes surveillance tricky, indigenous communities in hard-to-reach areas, communication barriers, inadequate wound care in animals, and continued transportation of animals through unmonitored checkpoints. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025 Instead, the defendant and defense counsel can use the options described above to have completely unrecorded and unmonitored communications with each other. Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025 Shadow Engineering: Business users can deploy enterprise-grade applications without IT approval or security oversight, creating an unmonitored expansion of the attack surface. Yair Finzi, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 In fairness to these governments, the world's leading democracies are no less concerned about potential terrorist threats posed by unmonitored messaging. Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2010 See All Example Sentences for unmonitored

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unmonitored was in 1837

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“Unmonitored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmonitored. Accessed 12 May. 2025.

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