Meanings
comparative more unaccompanied · superlative most unaccompanied
- Travelling without companions.
The number of children arriving without a parent at the southern border is expected to surpass the levels during the 2014 unaccompanied minor crisis, according to Customs and Border Protection data obtained by CNN.
2019 March 29, Geneva Sands, “CBP projects unaccompanied children will surpass 2014 crisis”, in CNN - entertainmentPerformed or scored without accompaniment; solo.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebeing without an escort
adjective(of a state or an event) taking place without something specified occurring at the same time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishaccompanied
- Englishunaccompanied
From un- + accompanied.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch onbegeleid
- onbegeleidperformed without accompaniment
German unbegleitet, unbegleitet
- unbegleitettravelling without companions
- unbegleitetperformed without accompaniment
Spanish inacompañado, inacompañado
- inacompañadotravelling without companions
- inacompañadoperformed without accompaniment
Cite this entry
unaccompanied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaccompanied
“unaccompanied.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaccompanied. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unaccompanied,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaccompanied.
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