UNASSISTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unassisted mean? 

• UNASSISTED (adjective)
  The adjective UNASSISTED has 2 senses:

1. unsupported by other people

2. lacking help

  Familiarity information: UNASSISTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNASSISTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unsupported by other people

Synonyms:

single-handed; unassisted; unbacked

Similar:

unsupported (not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lacking help

Similar:

naked ((of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument)

unaided (carried out without aid or assistance)

Antonym:

assisted (having help; often used as a combining form)

 Context examples 

That he was very particular in his eating, she had, by her own unassisted observation, already discovered; but why he should say one thing so positively, and mean another all the while, was most unaccountable!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

With regard to each of the listed activities, respondents are requested to indicate if (1) they are currently able to perform the activity (unassisted), (2) they have stopped performing the activity, or (3) they have never performed the activity. (from J Rehabil Res Dev. 41(4): 621-630)

(Human Activity Profile Test, NCI Thesaurus)

That a girl of fourteen, acting only on her own unassisted reason, should err in the method of reform, was not wonderful; and Fanny soon became more disposed to admire the natural light of the mind which could so early distinguish justly, than to censure severely the faults of conduct to which it led.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)