unaccompanied

[uhn-uh-kuhm-puh-need]

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adjective

not accompanied; alone: The shipment arrived unaccompanied by an invoice.
Music. without an accompaniment: a sonata for unaccompanied violin.

Origin of unaccompanied

1535–45; un-¹ + accompanied

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1. solitary, lone, unattended.

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Examples from the Web for unaccompanied

Contemporary Examples

But the truth revealed itself this year when thousands upon thousands of unaccompanied children simply walked to this country.
Didn't Obama Hear Oregon’s Warning Shot on Immigration?
Doug McIntyre
November 14, 2014
A decade ago, he was also an unaccompanied minor hoping to make it to America.
The Border Kid Crisis Hits the Courts
Caitlin Dickson
September 19, 2014
Close to 50,000 unaccompanied Central American minors showed up at the southwest border this year.
Could You Make It to America Alive?
Caitlin Dickson
September 3, 2014
Contrast that to the 50,000 or so unaccompanied minors at our border with Mexico.
Is it Time to Send Lady Liberty Back to France?
Gene Robinson
July 20, 2014
The first human being to come through Ellis Island was an unaccompanied minor.
Is it Time to Send Lady Liberty Back to France?
Gene Robinson
July 20, 2014

Historical Examples

It might be called a burlesque, but for the fact that it is unaccompanied by the luxury of legs.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 17, July 23, 1870
Various
The action was mechanical, and unaccompanied by any thought connected with it.
A Spirit in Prison
Robert Hichens
The use of either instrument, when unaccompanied, leads to every sort of irregularity and trickery.
Laws
Plato
That is alone which is unaccompanied; that is only of which there is no other.
The Verbalist
Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
There had fallen a great deal of rain, but unaccompanied by lightning.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for unaccompanied

unaccompanied

adjective

not accompanied
music
1. (of an instrument) playing alone
2. (of music for a group of singers) without instrumental accompaniment

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Word Origin and History for unaccompanied

adj.

1540s, "not in the company of others," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of accompany. Musical sense is first recorded 1818.

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Examples from the Web for unaccompanied

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.

The use of either instrument, when unaccompanied, leads to every sort of irregularity and trickery.

That is alone which is unaccompanied; that is only of which there is no other.

There had fallen a great deal of rain, but unaccompanied by lightning.

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Word Origin and History for unaccompanied

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Origin of unaccompanied