How to Use unsupervised in a Sentence

unsupervised

adjective
  • In past decades, Mitchell Nathanson said, kids played unsupervised most of the time.
    Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Then for [Mater Dei] to turn a blind eye and be so unsupervised.
    Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • In the first book, 12-year-old Artemis is living mostly unsupervised in the Fowl home.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2018
  • Try not to leave your pet unsupervised while away from home.
    Aidin Vaziri, SFChronicle.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The park district has unsupervised outdoor rinks that are open when a green flag is present.
    Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 19 Dec. 2017
  • But a couple of minutes of unsupervised warm up time will lengthen the truck’s life in his case.
    Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The McEwens say their daughter was sometimes left in a room unsupervised for hours and at times came home crying.
    al, 16 Mar. 2020
  • He’s set to serve six months of unsupervised probation as a result the plea.
    Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • Officers searched the home and found an unsupervised 2-year-old girl, Lopez said.
    Eric Licas, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Take advantage of the unsupervised alone time and feel free!
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The closure stems from injuries to a child who was left unsupervised on Monday, Lemons said.
    Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2018
  • Fact: Never mind the unsupervised self-serve bubble brush that might’ve just been used to clean mud off of Grave Digger.
    Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2017
  • Halls will not face any jail time and will serve six months of unsupervised probation.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
  • There was a stocked fish pond with a rack of bamboo fishing poles that unsupervised kids swung freely, hooks and all, as parents sipped mai tais by the pool.
    Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Drivers saw the unsupervised children and got out of their cars to usher them to safety.
    Brieanna J. Frank, azcentral, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Letting your post-s’mores logs burn down unsupervised isn’t safe—you’ve got to douse them with water until the coals are cool.
    Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The two were playing with other children in and around the pool unsupervised, Dorris said.
    Samantha Ketterer and Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 24 May 2018
  • Keep the pool clean of distractions such as toys or large sticks so children aren’t drawn to going in unsupervised.
    Dallas News, 29 July 2022
  • Most of these same parents had enjoyed joyous and unsupervised outdoor play by the age of 7 or 8.
    Jonathan Haidt, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • For the second count, Myers was sentenced to one year in jail, a $5,000 fine, and three years of unsupervised probation.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Six other children from 10 months to 11 years old were found unsupervised inside the home.
    Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The plea agreement calls for a three-year sentence that would be split, with 60 days served in the Madison County jail and the rest on unsupervised probation.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2023
  • An unsupervised resident of a group home left the home around 10 p.m. Aug. 8 and was reported lost.
    cleveland, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Dear Amy: An unsupervised child at my wedding was running around and ran into a door.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2022
  • Deputies learned that Anderson had a small child unsupervised at her home.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2018
  • The 2-year-old girl has never lived with her dad and their short visits have never been overnight, never unsupervised.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, azcentral, 31 July 2019
  • Unschooled, unsupervised, the two eldest children, aged 10 and 9, gather seaweed for the younger ones to eat.
    Mary Beth Keane, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The chance that the couple would have an unsupervised moment together was not.
    Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • He was ordered to have no unsupervised contact with the victim.
    Erin McCarthy, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • For years, people have worried about the effects that unfettered and unsupervised social-media use may have on young people—that these platforms may contribute to depression, anxiety, severe body-image issues, and even suicide risk.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024

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