unsupervisedadjective
/ʌnˈsuː.pə.vaɪzd//ʌnˈsuː.pɚ.vaɪzd/without anyone watching to make sure that nothing dangerous or wrong is done or happening:
Young children should not be left alone with animals unsupervised.
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- In the UK the law states that parents can be prosecuted for wilful neglect if they leave a child unsupervised 'in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health'.
- Many of these jobs were performed by unsupervised nonphysicians at spas.
- The lake is an attraction in hot weather, but bathing unsupervised can lead to problems.
- Never leave the grill unsupervised when in operation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- balance of power
- divide
- dominant
- have sb by the balls idiom
- have sb eating out of your hand idiom
- have sb in the palm of your hand idiom
- have sth in hand idiom
- have/hold the whip hand idiom
- heel
- hook
- preside over sth
- pull
- pull rank idiom
- pull the strings idiom
- putty
- rein
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