UNATTENDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unattended mean? 

• UNATTENDED (adjective)
  The adjective UNATTENDED has 3 senses:

1. not watched

2. lacking accompaniment or a guard or escort

3. lacking a caretaker

  Familiarity information: UNATTENDED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNATTENDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not watched

Context example:

a fire left unattended

Similar:

unsupervised (not supervised or under constant observation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lacking accompaniment or a guard or escort

Context example:

problems unattended with danger

Similar:

unaccompanied (being without an escort)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Lacking a caretaker

Synonyms:

neglected; unattended

Context example:

many casualties were lying unattended

Similar:

uncared-for (lacking needed care and attention)

 Context examples 

Elizabeth was pleased to find his memory so exact; and he afterwards took occasion to ask her, when unattended to by any of the rest, whether all her sisters were at Longbourn.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The Professor and I took it in turns to watch, and we never left her for a moment unattended.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Also, leave no candles burning in a room unattended. (I have a friend whose candle somehow popped across a room and burned down her entire apartment.)

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Don't leave the stove or oven unattended when they are on.

(Fire Safety, NIH)

The quarter of an hour brought her punctually to the white gate again; and Miss Smith receiving her summons, was with her without delay, and unattended by any alarming young man.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Because horses are prohibited from grazing in designated grazing areas, to prevent them from competing for food with cattle, some farmers have been letting horses graze unattended in forests.

(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)

A very cordial meeting passed between him and Edmund; and with the exception of Fanny, the pleasure was general; and even to her there might be some advantage in his presence, since every addition to the party must rather forward her favourite indulgence of being suffered to sit silent and unattended to.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

At last Miss Elliot and her friend, unattended but by the servant, (for there was no cousin returned), were walking off; and Captain Wentworth, watching them, turned again to Anne, and by manner, rather than words, was offering his services to her.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Were your friends, the Allens, still in Bath, you might go to them with comparative ease; a few hours would take you there; but a journey of seventy miles, to be taken post by you, at your age, alone, unattended!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Take steps to keep your children safe: • Install the right child safety seat in your car • Teach children how to cross the street safely • Make sure they wear the right gear and equipment for sports • Install and test smoke alarms • Store medicines, cleaners and other dangerous substances in locked cabinets • Babyproof your home • Don't leave small children unattended

(Child Safety, NIH)