unsupervised

adjective

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

Examples of unsupervised in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web He was placed on unsupervised probation for a year, reports the Owatonna People's Press. Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024 The offer, which was presented to Baldwin’s legal team last October, included six months of unsupervised probation, a $500 fine, 24 hours of community service and a firearms safety class. Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024 He was also ordered not to have any unsupervised contact with any minors except his biological children. Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2024 The rise coincided with a 420% increase in emergency department visits for unsupervised melatonin ingestion by infants and young children between 2009 and 2020. Amanda Musa, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024 The testimony of Halls, who pleaded no contest last year to negligent use of a firearm and completed six months of unsupervised parole, may weigh significantly as prosecutors reconstruct the chain of events and custody of ammunition that led to the shooting. CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024 His research on artificial curiosity and creative machines embodies this vision, striving to create AI systems that can continually learn and improve themselves in a generalizable, unsupervised manner. Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 According to earlier filings in the case, Baldwin was offered the same terms as were extended to Dave Halls, the first assistant director who received unsupervised probation, and no jail time, after pleading to negligent handling of a deadly weapon. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024 When compared to the ground-truth data as well as competing deep-learning and unsupervised models, the team found their model had high accuracy and outperformed the non-time-sensitive models, which make mistakes like incorrectly identifying a rice paddy as a flooded area. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2023

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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 9 May. 2024.

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