/un'euh ten"did/ , adj.
1. without attendance; lacking an audience, spectators, etc.: an unattended meeting.
2. not accompanied; not associated with, as a concomitant effect or result: a flash of lightning unattended by thunder.
3. not cared for or ministered to: unattended patients; an unattended injury.
4. not taken in charge; not watched over: an unattended switchboard.
5. not accompanied, as by an attendant or companion; alone: The queen was unattended.
6. unheeded; not listened to; disregarded: unattended warning signals.
7. not tended to; not done or carried out, as a task (usually fol. by to ): He left his studies unattended to.
[ 1595-1605; UN- 1 + ATTEND + -ED 2 ]