Meaning & use

unmonitored

adjective·Everyday

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Not observed, supervised, or checked on a regular basis.

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The children were left unmonitored near the pool for several minutes.

Unmonitored access to the server posed a serious security risk.

A note on using this word

Unmonitored is common in safety, cybersecurity, and health contexts to flag a lack of oversight that could allow problems to go unnoticed.

Words with a similar meaning

unsupervisedunwatched

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Words with an opposite meaning

monitoredsupervised

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