unattended

CEFRB2

/ənəˈtɛndɪd/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Left without anyone present to watch or care for it.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Not attended to; not receiving attention.

Examples

  • Mary blamed Jack for leaving their children unattended.

  • Our trip was unattended by adventures.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Not attended; without persons present.

More examples

In context

  • System administrators may schedule an unattended installation of the software.

  • The fire was caused by an unattended electric blanket.

  • The meeting went largely unattended, since it took place on Christmas Eve.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The luggage was left alone at the station without any owner, so it remained blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From un- + attended.