unassisted

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ assisted.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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unassisted (not comparable)

  1. Not assisted; without assistance [1610s[1]]
    • 2012, Laura Kaplan Shanley, Unassisted Childbirth, →ISBN, page 80:
      Moran did not support these women, nor did she believe that women should catch their own babies in an unassisted birth.

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Adverb

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unassisted (comparative more unassisted, superlative most unassisted)

  1. Without assistance.
    Synonym: unassistedly
    • 2006, Diane Louise Szarkowicz, Observations and Reflections in Childhood, →ISBN, page 4:
      Imagine if children never got any feedback, such as praise and encouragement, as they learnt to walk and only received it when they could walk unassisted.
    • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm [], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
      [] he would go alone to the quarry, collect a load of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted.

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “unassisted”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.