Unaided
adjective
Doing something without help or support from anyone, or anything.
The baby took his first steps unaided.
Often appears as...
- unaided eye
- unaided attempts
adjective
Not improved, supported or contributed to by another, specifically in the context of vision.
The stars are barely visible to the unaided eye.
Often appears as...
- unaided vision
- unaided eye
adjective
Doing something without help or support from anyone, or anything.
The baby took his first steps unaided.
Often appears as...
- unaided eye
- unaided attempts
adjective
Not improved, supported or contributed to by another, specifically in the context of vision.
The stars are barely visible to the unaided eye.
Often appears as...
- unaided vision
- unaided eye
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Pro Tip 1/3Self-reliance Emphasized
Shows someone did something by themselves without any help, focusing on their independence.
She solved the puzzle unaided, showcasing her problem-solving skills.
Pro Tip 2/3Praise and Achievement
Often used to commend someone's ability to do something tough without assistance.
Completing the marathon unaided was a significant achievement for him.
Pro Tip 3/3Possible Difficulty
Implies that the task could be hard or unusual to do without help, so doing it 'unaided' is notable.
He built the entire model unaided, which was quite a challenge.
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Gavin McCormick:...
But we also know that a short time later, the same exact power plant looked like this. And at that time, of course, it was emitting zero tons of CO2. I mean, you can see that with the unaided human eye. But often, it's a little more complicated. And so we have started to work as a cluster of small NGOs
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David Attenborough Meets...
from my hand and once a baby did manage to grab a grain its mother wrenched open its jaws extracted the maize unaided herself
Video examples
Gavin McCormick:...
But we also know that a short time later, the same exact power plant looked like this. And at that time, of course, it was emitting zero tons of CO2. I mean, you can see that with the unaided human eye. But often, it's a little more complicated. And so we have started to work as a cluster of small NGOs
Video examples
David Attenborough Meets...
from my hand and once a baby did manage to grab a grain its mother wrenched open its jaws extracted the maize unaided herself
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Quote examples
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch Scientist
Please bear in mind that my observations and thoughts are the outcome of my own unaided impulse and curiosity alone; for, besides myself, in our town there be no philosophers who practice this art, so pray, take not amiss my poor pen and the liberty I here take in setting down my random notions.
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Clive Thompson
Canadian Journalist
We use paper documents to store knowledge so we can consult and reconsult it, giving us a type of recall impossible with our unaided minds; we use pencils to scratch down material so we can manipulate it in a fashion impossible in our unaided minds.
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Louis Theroux
British Director
It is important to note that most of the patients in Ohio's mental health facilities have never committed crimes. They are institutionalised because they have lost touch with reality and are having problems functioning unaided in the community.
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John Strachan
Canadian Clergyman
Is it not evident that the Canadas, as well as the other colonies, have been left in a great measure to grope their way as they could through the darkness which surrounds them, almost totally unaided by the parent state?
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Bill Veeck
American Businessman
After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a way to draw a few people into the ball park, it being perfectly clear by that time that the ball club wasn't going to do it unaided.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to many fallacies and illusions because of its reliance on its memory for vivid anecdotes rather than systematic statistics.
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Felix Adler
German Educator
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Activist
We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?
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Robert Bork
American Public Servant
Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason.
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Daniel Webster
American Statesman
The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch Scientist
Please bear in mind that my observations and thoughts are the outcome of my own unaided impulse and curiosity alone; for, besides myself, in our town there be no philosophers who practice this art, so pray, take not amiss my poor pen and the liberty I here take in setting down my random notions.
Quote examples
Clive Thompson
Canadian Journalist
We use paper documents to store knowledge so we can consult and reconsult it, giving us a type of recall impossible with our unaided minds; we use pencils to scratch down material so we can manipulate it in a fashion impossible in our unaided minds.
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Louis Theroux
British Director
It is important to note that most of the patients in Ohio's mental health facilities have never committed crimes. They are institutionalised because they have lost touch with reality and are having problems functioning unaided in the community.
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John Strachan
Canadian Clergyman
Is it not evident that the Canadas, as well as the other colonies, have been left in a great measure to grope their way as they could through the darkness which surrounds them, almost totally unaided by the parent state?
Quote examples
Bill Veeck
American Businessman
After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a way to draw a few people into the ball park, it being perfectly clear by that time that the ball club wasn't going to do it unaided.
Quote examples
Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to many fallacies and illusions because of its reliance on its memory for vivid anecdotes rather than systematic statistics.
Quote examples
Felix Adler
German Educator
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Activist
We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?
Quote examples
Robert Bork
American Public Servant
Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason.
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Daniel Webster
American Statesman
The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.
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