unattended

adjectiveB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,343 of 15,258neutral

Unattended means left with nobody looking after it. An unattended bag, do not leave unattended, unattended children.

It is a word of signs and announcements, and unattended baggage is the phrase every traveller has heard. On appliances it is a safety instruction: never leave a hob or a candle unattended.

Definitions of unattended

1adjectiveunattendedLeft with nobody looking after it.B2
“Please do not leave your children unattended in the swimming pool.”

unattended is a state.

Where it comes from

From un- + attended.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

unattended in the wild

Recorded video is used in television production, and more often surveillance and monitoring tasks in which unattended recording of a situation is required for later analysis.
Video camera
Upon activation, data loggers are typically deployed and left unattended to measure and record information for the duration of the monitoring period.
Data logger
The cause of the fire was an unattended burn pile.
Summit Fire (2008)
Embassy advises U.S. citizens to take normal precautions against theft, such as not leaving a wallet, purse, or credit card unattended.
Crime in the United Arab Emirates
The cause of the fire was determined to be an out of control or unattended camp fire.
Lockheed Fire

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