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unattended
[ uhn-uh-ten-did ]
adjective
- without attendance; lacking an audience, spectators, etc.:
The decision was made out of the public eye, in an unattended meeting.
- not accompanied; not associated with, as a concomitant effect or result:
a flash of lightning unattended by thunder.
- not cared for or ministered to:
unattended patients;
an unattended injury.
- not taken in charge; not watched over:
Many forest fires start from unattended campfires.
Careful, or your unattended baggage may be picked up by airport security.
- not accompanied, as by an attendant or companion; alone:
The queen was unattended.
- unheeded; not listened to; disregarded:
A number of unattended warning signals preceded the explosion.
- not tended to; not done or carried out, as a task (usually followed by to ):
He left his studies unattended to.
unattended
/ ˌʌnəˈtɛndɪd /
adjective
- not looked after or cared for
- unaccompanied or alone
- not listened to
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unattended1
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Example Sentences
The sweep team was leading the way when it came upon an unattended red car parked along the route.
In the opening scene, a 10-year old Steven notices an unattended backpack in a train station.
But McKenna was not going to leave Glover sprawled unattended in the street.
In the script, the cheetahs drift from their owner and roam suburban Mexico unattended.
It collects a growing quantity of intelligence, much of which goes forgotten and unattended.
This saves the embarrassment of crossing the room entirely unattended, while it shows others that you are a resident at the house.
Miss Hedworth had come to her dwelling unattended and under a false name.
You must carry your own bag when you stumble unattended from the train.
The daughter of Arbaces does not travel unattended so much as a bowshot from the city walls?
The world will easily conclude, whether such unattended generals can ever be capable of making a revolution in Parnassus.
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