unaccompanied

adjective

un·​ac·​com·​pa·​nied ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-nēd How to pronounce unaccompanied (audio)
-ˈkämp-;
-ˈkəm-pə-,
-ˈkäm- How to pronounce unaccompanied (audio)
: not accompanied
especially : being without instrumental accompaniment

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 The sheriff's office said the girl is an unaccompanied minor from Honduras, who was placed with a sponsor in Middletown by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024 Drivers are allowed to ask for an ID to verify age and are told to turn down the fare if the person is an unaccompanied minor requesting a ride through the traditional Uber app. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024 Others get jobs using falsified documents, including many teenagers who came into the country as unaccompanied minors. Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024 The irony was that Mayorkas, who had witnessed the surge in unaccompanied minors in 2014, as Deputy Secretary, was perhaps the least convenient fall guy. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024 Those who were now over the age of 18, and therefore not categorized as unaccompanied minors, no longer had the right to stay in the country because Egyptians do not qualify for asylum in Italy. Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024 When tens of thousands of unaccompanied Central American minors entered this country in the last decade or so, sympathy for them among my family members went hand in hand with grumblings about who would have to take care of them. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024 The process does not apply to unaccompanied minors. Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024 Now, the Senate negotiators propose normalizing ATD by prescribing it to rationalize releasing family units (in addition to the unavoidably vexing category of unaccompanied minors). Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unaccompanied was in 1545

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“Unaccompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaccompanied. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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unaccompanied

adjective
un·​ac·​com·​pa·​nied ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-(ə-)nēd How to pronounce unaccompanied (audio)
: not accompanied
especially : being without instrumental accompaniment

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