unaccompanied
[uhn-uh-kuhm-puh-need]
- not accompanied; alone: The shipment arrived unaccompanied by an invoice.
- Music. without an accompaniment: a sonata for unaccompanied violin.
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Origin of unaccompanied
Synonyms
See more synonyms for unaccompanied on Thesaurus.com1. solitary, lone, unattended.
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Contemporary Examples
But the truth revealed itself this year when thousands upon thousands of unaccompanied children simply walked to this country.
A decade ago, he was also an unaccompanied minor hoping to make it to America.
Close to 50,000 unaccompanied Central American minors showed up at the southwest border this year.
Contrast that to the 50,000 or so unaccompanied minors at our border with Mexico.
The first human being to come through Ellis Island was an unaccompanied minor.
Historical Examples
It might be called a burlesque, but for the fact that it is unaccompanied by the luxury of legs.
The action was mechanical, and unaccompanied by any thought connected with it.
A Spirit in PrisonRobert Hichens
The use of either instrument, when unaccompanied, leads to every sort of irregularity and trickery.
LawsPlato
That is alone which is unaccompanied; that is only of which there is no other.
The VerbalistThomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
There had fallen a great deal of rain, but unaccompanied by lightning.
A Pair of Blue EyesThomas Hardy
unaccompanied
- not accompanied
- music
- (of an instrument) playing alone
- (of music for a group of singers) without instrumental accompaniment
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Word Origin and History for unaccompanied
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