lack of supervision
Without any monitoring
Lack of supervision is the absence of oversight or monitoring, especially of children, employees, or activities that require guidance.
The phrase often appears in contexts of blame or liability: The accident resulted from lack of supervision.
It can describe negligent parenting, inadequate workplace management, or institutional failures where someone should have been watching but wasn't.
- unsupervisedWithout oversight or guidance
- neglectFailure to provide care
- parental neglectFailing to care for dependents
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- freedomAbsence of constraint
unmonitored · unwatched · independence · loose · unattended · feral · self-directed · chaos · mischief · running wild · truancy · latchkey · latchkey kid · abandonment · free-range · wild · unchecked · runaway
- neglectneglect, neglected, abandonment, carelessness, disregard
- Youth Riskspeer pressure, bullying, underage drinking, drug use, teen pregnancy
- criminologycrime, criminology, criminal behavior, criminologist, criminalization
lack of supervisionclose supervision
micromanagement · surveillance · oversight · watchful eye · hovering
lack of supervisioncontrol
Authority to direct
regimentation · regulation · governance · direction · guidance
lack of supervisionmicromanagement
Excessive supervisory control
regimentation · controlled environment · nanny state · command and control · iron grip
lacks, lacked, lacking, supervision, supervise, supervises, supervised, supervising, supervisor