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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
unattended
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
unattended luggage
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And what kind of future will their children -- unattended by doctors and uneducated by the system -- come to expect?
▪ Despite his precautions, he sometimes loses track of her and she is left unattended.
▪ Electronic records or resources can not be left to languish unattended, they require continual attention.
▪ Furthermore, if necessary they can be left unattended.
▪ He walked over to the shop but it was unattended.
▪ I didn't like the idea of leaving them unattended overnight.
▪ If the room has to be unattended, lock the door.
▪ Saconi had left the car stereo and speakers unattended.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unattended

c.1600, "alone, unaccompanied," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of attend (v.). Meaning "with no one in attendance" is from 1796.

Wiktionary
unattended

a. not attended

WordNet
unattended
  1. adj. not watched; "she dashed out leaving the bar unattended"; "a fire left unattended"

  2. lacking accompaniment or a guard or escort; "unattended women"; "problems unattended with danger"

  3. lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended" [syn: neglected]

Usage examples of "unattended".

Confronted on the one hand with a number of persons bent on reporting the incident to the Deputy-Ranger, and on the other by a delinquent mongrel owned by a Young Person unattended by a footman, or a maid, they saw their duty clear before them: Lufra, the elder of the two awfully told Frederica, must be handed over to them, to be kept in custody until a magistrate should pronounce his fate.

Given his penchant for gross overspending, his loyalty could all too easily be bought by an enemy, and Mara dared not leave such a threat unattended on her southern border.

Thus to die alone, unattended, Unbewept and unbefriended, On that bloody battle-plain.

The heat under the lights was unbelievable, but Carter was luckier than the ventriloquist, who had left his dummy on the stool unattended for five minutes.

It was, of course, a very unorthodox thing for the verger to go away and leave the Abbey unattended, even for half an hour, but vergers, after all, are only human, and enjoy a cup of tea as much as other people who do not wear black cassocks.

I ascertained that such animals as did not succumb to the immediate effects of their mutilations were consigned to a cellar, to be kept, unattended and unfed, until wanted for the following lectures, which occurred on alternate days.

Alone, unattended, and not in Eastertide vestments, but in the plain black robe of the order.

Cazaril was glad to know Palli did not go about the streets of Cardegoss unattended even in this bright gray winter noon.

In aggravated cases, the seminal sacs are so weakened that the warmth of the bed, friction of the clothing, reading obscene literature, viewing indecent pictures, indulging in lewd conversation, or even being in the presence of women, produces a waste of semen--many times unattended by erections.

Every woman in the train must have been recruited into the dance, because, inside the wagon against which Nostril and I leaned, an unattended and restive baby was bellowing loud enough to drown out even the sonorous Sindi music.

Left unattended and with no ballast tank blow a submarine would probably sink after a month at pier side The way the vents had jammed in the struggle with the Chinese, and with the port list, there was a good chance the tanks had a considerable amount of water in them, which meant they were low in the water.

Homer Wells would be toothlessly biting his lip, perhaps grimacing, but not protesting that he was unfed and unattended.

I have therefore ventured to suggest the remedy of non-co-operation which enables those who wish, to dissociate themselves from the Government and which, if it is unattended by violence and undertaken in an ordered manner, must compel it to retrace its steps and undo the wrongs committed.

Percival rarely kept any thought for any length of time, and when he spotted a pile of acorns lying unattended on the ground, he was too relieved that the groundskeeper had stayed in the tunnel to worry about anything else.

Presently she added that she would go home and write a letter, and, though she had never taken a step in Europe without having Agatha by her side, Miss Gosling now allowed her to depart unattended.