as in alone
not under someone's care or watch
Do not leave your child unattended. Many forest fires are caused by campfires left unattended.
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Recent Examples of unattended
Never leave your pet in the car unattended.
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Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 9 June 2026
This not only helps keep the pool clean, but also prevents any unattended risk.
—Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 6 June 2026
Opa-locka’s parks director has been relieved of her duties after being charged in connection with an incident in which a 5-year-old child was left unattended inside a city vehicle for more than eight hours overnight.
—Chelsea Jones, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
The property doesn’t charge an additional fee for pets, but the usual rules apply, including responsibility for any damage or excess cleaning and not leaving them unattended in the room.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
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Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 9 June 2026
This not only helps keep the pool clean, but also prevents any unattended risk.
—Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 6 June 2026
Opa-locka’s parks director has been relieved of her duties after being charged in connection with an incident in which a 5-year-old child was left unattended inside a city vehicle for more than eight hours overnight.
—Chelsea Jones, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
The property doesn’t charge an additional fee for pets, but the usual rules apply, including responsibility for any damage or excess cleaning and not leaving them unattended in the room.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattended
Adjective
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Those professionals were far from alone in their embrace of the disgraced financier.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Musk is certainly not alone in seeing a financial windfall from SpaceX’s IPO.—
Jordan Novet,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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The Cahuec Cocs are accused of submitting fraudulent sponsorship applications from December 2020 to October 2023 in order to gain custody of unaccompanied minors.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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His rivals scrutinized his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unaccompanied migrant children crisis in 2021, when Becerra’s Department of Health and Human Services was responsible for shelters where they were housed.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
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“Unattended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unattended. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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